German Web hosting provider Host Europe announced that it has launched its cloud platform Dedicated Private Cloud, making it the first German provider to offer cloud hosting solutions.
The company says the new cloud product is just the first of several new products and services that focus on virtualization and coud hosting that Host Europe plans to launch.
The Dedicated Private Cloud uses virtualization technologies from suppliers VMware, Parallels and Xen, while its technology partners include Dell and Intel.
Host Europe says the new cloud solution offers customers the "advantages of efficiency, scalability, and availability," while optimizing performance and security due to its dedicated hardware infrastructure.
The cloud solution provides users with a dedicated hardware pool whose resources can be allocated on demand to any number of virtual machines. Users can also operate Windows and Linux systems at the same time.