How Swiss Import CloudSigma Plans to Compete in US IaaS (opens in new tab)

(nytimes.com)

18 pointscloudsigma15y ago13 comments

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13 comments · 8 top-level

planer15y ago· 3 in thread

cloudsigma stand out only by their rampant self promotion.

They're just using some off-the-shelf iaas software. there are a few platforms using it and they all have the same features.

cloudsigmaOP15y ago

Welcome to Hacker News, I see this is your first ever contribution.

In terms of what you say, we actually have many unique features and could no way be described as 'off-the-shelf'. We are continuing to innovate and will be launching future first-to-market features in the coming months.

miha12315y ago

Their background is Cambridge University, And yes, financial, manufacturing, real estate and software world

miha12315y ago

Kindly explain Why do you say this platform has the same features with off the shelf features? Do other systems have the same ease of use? Do they do billing every 5 minutes (versus AWS 1 hour and Joyent 1 day?). Is the billing predictable, so one can have a budget? Etc.

wmf15y ago· 2 in thread

Unfortunately, it looks like the other half of their strategy is astroturfing HN.

luca-giovanni15y ago

I think this comment is a little harsh. I'm a genuine cloud user interested in new offerings such as this one.

miha12315y ago

4 points for inventing the word "astroturfing"? Are you a professional ? Or a heckler?

c1sc015y ago

I met these guys in Zurich and my impression was that they genuinely know what they are doing. If I remember correctly I remember their background is IT infrastructure for the financial world.

myinnervoice15y ago

"Clean" no-non-sense IaaS is as easy to use equally by high-school teenagers and large enterprise architects. Many seek alternatives to Amazon Web Services.

riobard15y ago

“Its SLA is impressive, too, at a 100-percent uptime guarantee with 50x compensation for downtime in certain situations.”

100% uptime? We’ll see…

Renich15y ago

The service is impressively good. Support is fast and interested in what you need. The bandwidth is incredible and cheap as hell! Processing power seems great (even on lower speeds) The features keep coming and KVM/Qemu rules the virtualization world! ;)

Hey, sorry for that, I'm just a happy user/fan

luca-giovanni15y ago

Agree with this article. AWS et al are serving a sub-set of the potential market. There are loads of developers such as myself that are crying out to have more control and flexibility in the cloud without a lot of the artificial vendor constraints imposed currently.

jclouds-fan15y ago

Just discovered these guys. Nice interface actually. Investigating a bit more but so far so good.

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13 comments

13 comments · 8 top-level

planer15y ago· 3 in thread

cloudsigma stand out only by their rampant self promotion.

They're just using some off-the-shelf iaas software. there are a few platforms using it and they all have the same features.

cloudsigmaOP15y ago

Welcome to Hacker News, I see this is your first ever contribution.

miha12315y ago

Their background is Cambridge University, And yes, financial, manufacturing, real estate and software world

miha12315y ago

wmf15y ago· 2 in thread

Unfortunately, it looks like the other half of their strategy is astroturfing HN.

luca-giovanni15y ago

I think this comment is a little harsh. I'm a genuine cloud user interested in new offerings such as this one.

miha12315y ago

4 points for inventing the word "astroturfing"? Are you a professional ? Or a heckler?

c1sc015y ago

I met these guys in Zurich and my impression was that they genuinely know what they are doing. If I remember correctly I remember their background is IT infrastructure for the financial world.

myinnervoice15y ago

"Clean" no-non-sense IaaS is as easy to use equally by high-school teenagers and large enterprise architects. Many seek alternatives to Amazon Web Services.

riobard15y ago

“Its SLA is impressive, too, at a 100-percent uptime guarantee with 50x compensation for downtime in certain situations.”

100% uptime? We’ll see…

Renich15y ago

Hey, sorry for that, I'm just a happy user/fan

luca-giovanni15y ago

jclouds-fan15y ago

Just discovered these guys. Nice interface actually. Investigating a bit more but so far so good.

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