Web host Verio Inc. Tuesday made its Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting
product ready-to-use on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Operating Environment.
In a kind of two-for-the-price-of-one play, the NTT Communications
subsidiary hopes its revamped VPS solution will provide the functionality of
a dedicated server at a price comparable to most shared server environments.
Solaris, a Sun Microsystems product usually available only for dedicated
server solutions, meets customers’ needs for server uptime, and supports Web
site-development and e-business tools, such as ColdFusion and the Mercantec
SoftCart E-Commerce suite.
There are three major features of the VPS: platform, applications and
managed services. The new platform features the
scalable Solaris Operating Environment, offering the widest
enterprise-application support of any UNIX flavor. This should also yield
security and flexibility in a shared-hardware environment.
Additionally, Verio VPS allow customers to choose from a variety of
Web-development applications, including Coldfusion, Active Server Pages,
Java, Mercantec SoftCart, hosted Oracle databases, as well as the ability to
support the customer’s own applications. VPS also includes triple-data
backups, always-on monitoring services and managed security services.
Laura Zung, Verio’s vice president of product management, said the product
establishes a quality, cost-effective Web site development and hosting
platform.
“The cost for this product is $150 per month, similar to most shared-server
environments, while it offers a rich set of features normally reserved for
much more costly and sophisticated dedicated solutions,” Zung said.