Feb, 2009 : Netfirms Shows Enterprise Grid in Canada

📅 February 9, 2009 - Adding to its successful web hosting and domain name business, Netfirms (netfirms.com ) will be showcasing its Enterprise Grid Hosting Platform at the Cloud Computing Conference (itcloudconference.com), the first of its kind in Canada.

According to Netfirms' announcement, it will be presenting its Enterprise Grid Hosting Platform on Wednesday at Canada's first Cloud Computing Conference, held in Toronto.

The presentation will highlight customer successes using Netfirms' Cloud. Netfirms chief technology officer Darius Antia will present examples on how the Netfirms Enterprise Grid Hosting Platform is used by customers worldwide.

In late November, online image editor Pixlr (pixlr.com) selected Netfirms' Enterprise cloud computing hosting platform to run its free online image editing application, which lets users to create or edit an image from a hard drive or URL. The high-bandwidth flash application "loads in seconds and does not slow down when editing multiple images," according to Pixlr, even with thousands of users online at once, thanks to Netfirms' hosting.

Netfirms boasts the the largest deployment of grid hosting in the world, using an easy-to-use control panel, Netfirms offers a quick and easy way to deploy sites to the cloud. Providing a dynamic solution that adapts to customer demand instantly, Netfirms' grid hosting allows customers to handle traffic spikes with ease in a secure and automatic way.

Founded in 1998, Netfirms now hosts more than a million customers and has offices in the US and Canada. Netfirms is banking on its reliable reputation to convince customers that its grid and cloud computing solutions are trustworthy a vendor to provide a reliable and secure service.

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