BEIJING, China, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ - Joyent, Inc., the leading vendor of Enterprise-Class Cloud Computing, today announced the expansion of its Cloud Computing business to China. Joyent becomes China's first Cloud Computing vendor at a time where computing infrastructure is in very high demand. The company's data center is located in the Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone (QETDZ), Hebei Province, China. This announcement coincides with the QETDZ's Investment Attraction Week.
"China is the world's fastest growing economy and Joyent is there with the country's first local Cloud Computing offering", said David Young, CEO and Founder of Joyent. "This is definitely a very exciting and positive move for Joyent. We would especially like to thank our partners, QETDZ and Intel for their support in making this expansion possible. We are looking forward to providing the Chinese developer community and China's enterprises with world-leading Cloud Computing technology."
"Intel is pleased to announce its strategic technology collaboration with Joyent at the launch of its Cloud Computing platform in China," said Jason Waxman, Intel's General Manager for High Density Computing. "Joyent's innovative infrastructure, based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, will bring both the efficiency and performance that's needed to meet the growing demand for cloud computing in China."
In 1984, the State Council approved the QETDZ as one of China's first state-level economic and technological development zones. It is currently the only development zone in the Hebei Province. During 2008, QETDZ has endeavored to develop the data industry and coined the name of the region as "Data Valley".
Joyent is immediately launching its base Public Cloud product, the Joyent Accelerator and plans to expand its product line over the next 2 quarters. To find out more go to www.joyent.com.cn
About Joyent, Inc.
Joyent is a vendor of 'Infrastructure as a Service' (IaaS), a.k.a Cloud Computing. Joyent provides a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to buying and running your own IT infrastructure, while still providing all the security, cost stability, and enterprise-grade performance of a dedicated private data center. The Joyent Cloud is built using the company's unique networking and virtualization technology, the Joyent Accelerator. Joyent's shared hosting, virtual appliances, free developer programs and Cloud Computing products leverage the Joyent Accelerator to provide our customers with unparalleled Cloud Computing performance and value.
Joyent was founded in 2004 with a seed investment from co-founder and CEO David Young and Pay Pal co-founder Peter Thiel. Since then, Joyent has grown organically and has been completely funded by revenue. Joyent's customers include LinkedIn, Major League Baseball, Gilt.com, Facebook, and 20,000 other companies ranging from small development shops to large Fortune 500 enterprises.
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