Layered Technologies on Ulitzer

Layered Technologies, Inc. (Layered Tech), on Tuesday announced its expanded partnership with Ontario Systems to support the increased adoption of its cost-effective SaaS-based solutions. As a provider of accounts receivable and revenue cycle management software and solutions to the collections and health care industries, Ontario Systems selected Layered Tech's PCI-compliant dedicated hosting and compliant cloud platforms to support Collect Savvy, its secure, SaaS-based debt collection management solution that gives agencies the flexibility to make agile business decisions. "Layered Tech's combined PCI DSS expertise and managed service capabilities allow our customers to realize unparalleled scalability and performance whether they are looking for a dedicated hosting environment, a compliant cloud environment or a combination of the two," said Layered Tech President ... (more)

Layered Technologies Makes Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Available

Layered Technologies, a provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, has announced that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is now available for rapid server deployments via Astro, Layered Tech's proprietary automated Web hosting platform.  In addition to Windows Server 2008, Layered Tech offers the broadest range of high-performance, secure Linux and Unix operating systems in the industry, so customers leveraging the speed and flexibility of Astro can choose the OS that best meets their needs and provision the server almost instantaneously. With Windows Server 2008, customers can develop... (more)

Layered Technologies Brings 3Tera's AppLogic Cloud Computing Solution for Windows to the Grid

Layered Technologies has announced it will give enterprise customers the option of transferring their Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows OS) environment to an AppLogic-based cloud computing solution. Layered Tech will use 3Tera's AppLogicT 2.4 to enable customers to run their Windows OS platform in a virtual computing environment, which means customers will have the same high-availability as their dedicated physical servers but with far more scalability, all for a fraction of the cost. "In the current economic conditions where everyone is looking to spend less but still... (more)

Layered Technologies Ranked 60th Fastest Growing Company in North America

CRM Developer's Journal Layered Technologies, Inc. announced that it ranked number 60 on Technology Fast 500, Deloitte LLP’s ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the five year period from 2004–2008. Layered Tech grew 3,182 percent during this period. Layered Tech’s CEO, Jack Finlayson, credits innovation and customized solutions with the company’s 3,182 percent revenue growth over the past five years. He sai... (more)

This Week in Cloud

Featured on Cloud Commons Cloud Benchmark Series: Amazon Simple Queue Service. Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a hosted queue for storing messages that are transmitted between computers. Developers can transmit data between distributed components of an application without requiring the availability of all the components of that application. The Stony Brook Network Security and Applied Cryptography Lab evaluated Amazon SQS by measuring the number of simultaneously supported users, the size of the message, and the throughput rate. This 10-page report details the testing setup,... (more)