Voxel Adopts Opscode's Hosted Chef for Automated On-Demand Infrastructure Platform

SEATTLE, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Opscode, Inc., the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced that Voxel, a global cloud and Managed Hosting provider, is successfully using Hosted Chef™ from Opscode to improve the way in which it manages and automates its infrastructure. The company is leveraging Hosted Chef both for its internal systems as well as to support customers using its Managed Hosting, Cloud, and Content Delivery Network services.

Voxel required an open, efficient and scalable configuration management system that could provide an easily repeatable, fast and accurate process.

"We wanted our customers to be able to leverage the automation built into our platform to deploy and manage complete application environments, not just servers and images," said Raj Dutt, Voxel founder and CTO. "We also needed an open solution that we could build upon- something that would give our customers the ability to mix and match different platforms, management levels, and contract terms to get an infrastructure fabric that fit their overall business needs."

Voxel deployed Hosted Chef, a cloud infrastructure automation tool that expresses the design of infrastructure in code, affording the benefits of repeatability, agility and version-control. Not only did Hosted Chef help Voxel with their internal system maintenance, it meshed perfectly with the company's idea of dynamic infrastructure and on-demand application environments, giving its customers the ability to run their own custom deployment across the entire Voxel infrastructure fabric.

Adds Dutt, "Hosted Chef is something every one of our customers can benefit from. Our customers already count on Voxel's 24/7 expert support team, and adding Hosted Chef to our tool-belt helps Voxel raise the industry bar by bringing the best practices of software development to the way we manage systems."

"Using Hosted Chef allows us to scale our managed hosting business, where we provide fully supported application environments that can scale dynamically to meet a customer's demand or business needs," said Zachary Smith, chief operations officer at Voxel. "Using Hosted Chef allows us to build and support infrastructure that is both agile and repeatable for our customer deployments."

"We share a common belief with Voxel that dynamic, on-demand infrastructure that is transparent and open is critical to achieving a truly automated infrastructure," said Christopher Brown, chief technology officer for Opscode. "We believe this approach will soon be the industry standard for system engineers and software developers tasked with managing infrastructure and are encouraged by Voxel's success in leveraging our technology."

About Opscode

Opscode is the leader in cloud infrastructure automation. We help companies of all sizes develop fully automated server infrastructures that scale easily and predictably; can be quickly rebuilt in any environment, and save developers and systems engineers' time and money. Opscode's team is comprised of web infrastructure experts responsible for building and operating some of the world's largest websites and cloud computing platforms. Opscode is headquartered in Seattle. More information can be found at http://www.opscode.com.

About Voxel

Voxel (www.voxel.net) delivers high-performance Internet infrastructure that is scalable, fully supported and cost-effective. The company offers industry-leading hosting services via VoxSTRUCTURE, its open automation platform, and its unique Universal Transfer bandwidth aggregation model. Services include on-demand physical and virtual cloud servers, the VoxCAST Global Content Delivery Network (CDN), and a full suite of Managed Services for complex hosting deployments. The Company is headquartered in New York City and maintains strategic global hosting and network points of presence across the globe.

For additional information, contact:
Melissa Liton
[email protected]
(206) 282-4923 ext. 115

SOURCE Opscode

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