Archive for March 26, 2019

OVH Launches New Bare-Metal Product Ranges

Posted in Commentary with tags on March 26, 2019 by itnerd

As OVH customers’ demands evolve, so does OVH’s bare-metal portfolio, which will now be divided into four product ranges for added simplicity, while retaining its fundamental values, such as availability, flexibility and latest-generation components. The Rise product range combines simplicity and high performance to suit the needs of very small businesses; the Advance range is designed for small and medium businesses, enabling fast application deployment; the Infrastructure range targets businesses and organizations with critical computing, storage and network capacity requirements; and the HG range is particularly relevant for highly intensive computing, big data and hyperconverged infrastructures.

Whether to help customers get started in the cloud, support business growth or meet critical business requirements, OVH’s four new bare-metal product ranges offer a wide spectrum of configurations that take advantage of the latest technological innovations. Customers therefore get optimized–and customized–solutions for their individual specific needs.

OVH – Best-in-class bare metal made available in just 120 seconds

Through the OVH.ca website, every professional can find the bare-metal solution most suited to their expectations and to the criticality of their infrastructure. Thanks to end-to-end control of its production line and to its automated processes, OVH not only enables its customers to select one or more dedicated servers with a single click but also, most importantly, to have them available in just 120 seconds. This is a significant benefit in an environment where fast delivery is key to business competitiveness.

Computing and/or storage capacity can easily be added, if needed, so as to handle an increased amount of data; using the vRack, interconnecting your dedicated servers in a single private network is quite straightforward, just like associating them with other OVH Private Cloud or Public Cloud services to punctually handle a heavier workload.

Like all OVH’s dedicated servers, the new dedicated server ranges are operated to the most stringent security standards, compliant to ISO/IEC 27001. In addition, anti-DDoS protection is included to block any kind of DDoS attack, 24×7, without any restrictions in size or duration. Users’ data is accessible and protected in the data centre chosen by the customer.

 Rise – Start with a First Server

Available within a few months

  • Servers in the Rise product range will delight tech-savvy customers looking for a web hosting, gaming or streaming solution.
  • In addition to maximum availability and security, the Rise product range offers the best value for money and is available in several regions around the world to reduce latency.

 Advance – Deploy Applications Fast

Available now

  • The Advance product range suits the needs of small and medium businesses wishing to invest in high-performance and versatile servers. It is particularly suitable for website hosting, complex business applications (e.g. ERP systems), customer relation management (CRM), and database virtualization and management.
  • The Advance product range consists of seven servers divided into two types of configurations, depending on the available computing power and storage capacity.
  • Customers can choose the disk configuration included in their server: either high-capacity storage (HDD) or high-speed storage (NVMe SSD) – for the same price.

Infrastructure – Build Your Infrastructure Easily

Available within a few months

  • The Infrastructure product range is designed for businesses of all sizes, as well as universities and government agencies that require scalability. Computing, storage and network capacities are suited to server cluster architectures.
  • This product range is particularly suitable for managing big databases, containerization, and multi-tiered applications.

HG – Secure Business-Critical Applications

To be updated within a few months

  • The HG product range is designed to meet the needs of scientific research, business-critical applications, and distributed computing and ultra-fast transactions in large private or public sector organisations.
  • The HG product range is fully customizable and scalable to match the highest resiliency and security requirements. Pre-configurations for various use cases are available to make selection easier.
  • These servers can accommodate dual processors and handle intensive workloads, such as high-performance computing (HPC), big data, artificial intelligence, deep learning and in-memory databases.

CNN Launches CNNgo On Roku Devices In Canada

Posted in Commentary with tags on March 26, 2019 by itnerd

CNN announced today the expanded availability of CNN’s streaming platform CNNgo on Roku® players and Roku TV models in Canada.

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CNNgo is a next-generation product that gives viewers unprecedented control over their TV news experience. Users can access live CNN U.S., CNN International and HLN television in addition to on-demand feature programs from CNN, CNN Original Series, CNN Films and Great Big Story. In addition, Canadian Roku customers will be able to access hundreds of video clips and collections through the CNNgo channel.

After adding CNNgo to their home screen Roku users can log in with their cable or satellite credentials to access CNN’s live stream, past and future show segments and related videos. All users are offered a 10-minute preview each day without logging in.

CNNgo is available from the News category in the Roku Channel Store. CNNgo is also available on CNN.com, iOS and Android mobile devices and on Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Android TV, and Samsung TV. CNN was the first U.S. news organization to stream its full CNN, CNN International and HLN networks online and on OTT devices in real-time, including commercials.  For more information visit here.