Internap announces OpenStack public cloud platform

ATLANTA, USA: Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of IT Infrastructure services, announced, touted to be, the world’s first commercially available public cloud compute service based on OpenStack open source platform.

The OpenStack platform offers a set of standardized APIs. The Open Public Cloud complements Internap’s Custom Public Cloud, which is a VMware-based compute cloud.

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“Enterprises moving to the cloud want the ability to select services that meet their specific control, security and cost requirements rather than a ‘one size fits all’ option,” said Paul Carmody, senior vice president, product management and business development, Internap.

These public cloud compute offerings build on Internap’s private cloud services and its recently introduced cloud storage service, also based on OpenStack.

“As an active member of the OpenStack open source community and a provider of VMware vCloud Powered services, Internap offers enterprises maximum flexibility with public cloud, private cloud and a scalable cloud storage service. This allows customers to ‘future-proof’ cloud investments, moving from one cloud platform to another or using a hybrid approach as priorities and business needs evolve,” he added.