Cloud computing is a revolution that’s launched a million new startups. Clouds power innovation, because they destroy the barriers to experimentation. Now that large-scale computing is available on a pay-as-you-grow basis, entrepreneurs no longer need heavy up-front investment to pay for infrastructure.
When your new venture takes off, however, you’ll realize two things.
- First, you’ll find that clouds aren’t always the best solution. Internet giants like Twitter left cloud computing and now run on dedicated platforms because these platforms offer better efficiency and performance once your workloads are known. Sometimes, bare metal is best.
- Second, you realize that managing providers and virtual machines takes you away from what really matters: building your startup and your business. As you grow, the complexity of IT operations grows. If you’re not careful, then troubleshooting, monitoring, and scaling your infrastructure will consume you.
That’s where we come in. We’re entrepreneurs ourselves; we know the tradeoff between pay-as-you-go economics and the predictability of dedicated systems. We help you decide when it’s time to reconsider your IT balance, optimizing the cost, performance, and agility of your infrastructure. We know how to make your application lean and fast. And we deliver superb IT operations for your application—bringing some of the latest tools and technologies to bear—so you can focus on your startup.