Oct 12, 2001 : Knight Ridder Standardizes On Loudcloud

📅 October 12, 2001 - Loudcloud Inc. (loudcloud.com -> hostinger.com) announced yesterday that Knight Ridder Digital (knightridderdigital.com), an operator of the Real Cities network of city and regional Web sites, has chosen Loudcloud to host and manage all of its Internet operations.

Following extensive research and testing, Knight Ridder Digital selectedLoudcloud to unify its network of 55 Web sites under one hosting and managedservices system. Enabling Knight Ridder Digital's new consolidated hostingarchitecture is Loudcloud's flexible suite of Internet operations services.Contained within each new service are the critical components a businessneeds to successfully deploy, manage and scale its Internet operations tomeet the needs of partners and customers. Underpinning all of Loudcloud'sservices is its Opsware automation technology, which helps Loudcloud managea diverse set of hardware, networking technology and software systemscritical to Internet operations.
"Consolidating our Web hosting services with Loudcloud will bring newefficiencies to Knight Ridder Digital's network by enabling us to leverageeconomies of scale," said Dan Finnigan, president of Knight Ridder Digital."Loudcloud's flexible suite of services and its Opsware automationtechnology made it a clear choice to deliver the highest levels of qualityin our operations - and deliver significant cost-savings."
Loudcloud's Opsware automation technology provides the foundation forLoudcloud's outsourced Internet operations services. Opsware technologycaptures and manages the numerous pieces of information, decisions andprocesses required to deploy, manage and grow an Internet site successfully.By automating and streamlining formerly manual tasks, Loudcloud can offerits customers better quality, scale and speed in their Internet operations.