Hostapaloooza Rocks the World of Cloud Computing and Earns a Gold ADDY in the Process

Rock ‘n roll was not just a musical revolution; it was also one of the main voices of a social revolution that focused on individuality, freedom of expression, and diversity. The rock ‘n roll generation defied convention and created massive industries such as personal computing, which led to the greatest explosion of information availability via the Internet, and now to the easiest, most convenient, and least expensive model for application development and deployment: cloud computing. In a guitar case, cloud-based systems enable small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to have the sophistication and business benefits of enterprise-class systems at a price point they can afford, while also reducing their administrative overhead. The SMB market is primed and ready for cloud-activation now!

However, there are so many choices—networking, security, storage, virtualization, applications, load balancing, provisioning, and client hardware products—that the research and selection process can be overwhelming. That’s why Microsoft and its industry-leading Dynamic Data Center Alliance technology partners formed a band that is rocking the world of cloud computing for SMB service providers and for their SMB customers. Hostapaloooza is the event managed and promoted by Merit Mile where SMB service providers can learn about comprehensive AND affordable solutions for provisioning and activating cloud-computing services for today’s demanding SMBs, from the leading vendors in cloud computing:

Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) is for organizations that want to offer hosted software and services to end customers. SPLA partners have the ability to deliver a customized service with a flexible cost structure, no startup costs, no monthly sales minimums or required term of commitment. For more on Microsoft SPLA, please visit www.Hosting-University.com.

Ingram Micro helps both the reseller and vendor communities successfully drive cloud adoption through sales and marketing support, cloud-computing training and education, and go-to-market strategies.
CA Technologies is a global IT management software company helping Service Providers build profitable businesses with a cloud platform, app-centric ecosystem and differentiated cloud services.
Citrix enables you to rapidly deploy any application to any end user without having to worry about incompatibility issues or network SLA, creating a model for rapidly increasing your monthly revenues.
HP brings powerful thin-client computers to the mix for end-user productivity in cloud-computing environments; thus eliminating the need for costly hardware investments.
Juniper Networks provides the networking infrastructure to scale with your business and efficiently handle the flow of data in your network.
NetApp provides comprehensive storage, backup, and disaster-recovery solutions that streamline your needs because all of your storage systems run on the same hardware and software, using the same processes.
Parallels streamlines cloud services provider operations and customer interactions with self-provisioning, billing, and up-sell capabilities that improve profitability and reduce transaction costs.
Sanbolic simplifies data storage management in both physical and virtual data centers with software that allows you to design and manage dynamic and scalable hosting infrastructure.
Virsto provides virtualization enabling hardware sharing, scaling of resources, and provisioning speed in a software-only solution built from the ground up for virtualization on Microsoft Hyper-V.
5nine is a firewall that allows you to control network traffic in Hyper-V environment, detect and prevent malware, ensure that network traffic rules are enforced on all clients’ VMs, incorporate new security solutions into your management system, and integrate with Microsoft Dynamic Data Center.

What’s more, the Advertising Federation recently recognized Merit Mile’s work on Hostapaloooza and awarded us a Gold ADDY for specialty advertising – click here to learn more. Merit Mile has produced and promoted sold-out Hostapaloooza shows in Santa Ana and Toronto. Click here to reserve a place in a tour city near you and see for yourself how Hostapaloooza is rocking the world of cloud computing with alliances and training that turn SMB service providers into cloud-computing rock stars in the eyes of their SMB customers.