Cork Internet eXchange (CIX), today took delivery of a batch of Dell C6145 Hyperscale servers of CloudCIX. The servers enable CloudCIX offer flexible and scalable Compute Resources and Data Storage, on demand, to their customers. Each chassis contains 512 GB of RAM, 12 TB of HDD and 8 processors each with 6 Cores.

The next twelve months will see CloudCIX mature into a world class, cost effective, customer friendly offering with capability to compete effectively with Amazon and Microsoft Azure.

CloudCIX has been running for a few months with selected customers such as Supply.ie and SharpView. Supply.ie (www.supply.ie) operates an online marketplace for Irish businesses within CloudCIX. SharpView (www.sharpview.ie) have built a SaaS CRM solution on the platform for resale to their customer base using CloudCIX.

CloudCIX Business Development Manager, Bob Grantham, “Existing customers are delighted with the service and it is expected that demand for the service will ramp up significantly throughout 2012. Both Dell and MPSTOR are vital partners in the development of CloudCIX. Dell are a major employer in Ireland and MPSTOR are a Cork based designer and supplier of cloud services platforms based on OpenStack.”

MPStor’s Co-founder and CTO, William Opperman, “CIX has made an excellent partner with whom to develop and test Orkestra™ – MPSTOR’s cloud service provider platform. CIX’s attention to detail and customer centric culture has focused our development on a platform that can deliver what’s important for our customer’s customer – a reliable, flexible and cost effective cloud computing service.”