Arthur Enright
Garner, NC (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Enterprise Penguin
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Location:
Garner
Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2011
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
Enterprise Penguin is a hybrid Virtual Private Server ("VPS") / Cloud Computing service provider. By offering not only best in class Platform as a Service but a wide array of additional a la carte services, EP is poised to acquire a significant share of the growing virtualization market.
Current analysis of the hosting market indicates that virtual hosting is poised to substantially blossom in 2011 and beyond. Over the previous decade, virtualization of hosted environments has been a hot topic among IT professionals and, subsequently, the media has directed a great deal of focus, positive and negative on the concept of cloud computing as it has come to be known.
Among various industry analyst reports, both Aberdeen Group and Market Watcher are pointing to a growing number of companies that are recognizing significant reductions in operational costs by adopting virtual hosting platforms. According to their research, at least 20% of these cost savings were recovered in administrative costs alone. What’s more, with the prevailing and growing attention to the green agenda, where reduction of a company’s carbon footprint speaks to a fundamental concern for environmental stewardship, cloud computing has distinct advantages. With substantially reduced infrastructure and a more dynamic resource allocation scheme, virtual hosting has a dramatic and measurable impact on power consumption overall, as much as 80% according to one source in the UK.
With more and more research such as this being published, we could witness a virtual hosting explosion in the years to come, and there is already a fast growing number of providers. Much like the industrial and service shift to outsourcing of the 80s and the Internet boom of the 90s, virtual hosting is expected to go through a similar rapid growth trend.
While not tailored to the needs of larger Web enterprises such as (URL removed), YouTube or Facebook, virtual hosting is most appealing to small to medium businesses and start-ups with revenue from $500,000 to $25,000,000 a year. That being said, large educational entities, as well as multinational corporations, are moving to the cloud for the promise of cost savings, agility and scalability of their IT assets.
The cost, administration and environmental benefits of virtual hosting are clear. Data on the subject is nearly ubiquitous and the testimonials of users across a broad spectrum of company and institutional profiles are readily available. It is evident that this will soon become the industry standard, and numerous players will enter the market to provide hardware, software, services and expertise across an expanding menu of vertical segments. It will be therefore incumbent on any would-be entrants to this arena to differentiate themselves from the competition on the traditional business merits of features, support, price and complimentary or bundled service offerings.
Enterprise Penguin is a virtual private server hosting provider that offers flexible service packages with no contract lock-in, leveraging the trends toward cloud computing and promising superior service, enterprise-level scalability and world-class customer support.
By offering high performance enterprise class storage engines, dedicated system RAM and industry leading processing capabilities, Enterprise Penguin delivers virtual private servers and Cloud services that are capable of exceeding entry to mid level bare metal hosting servers common in the industry at an unparalleled cost to performance ration. Enterprise Penguin will strive to deliver enterprise clad manageability tools spanning from web based access that allows customers to manage their VPS instances as if they were bare metal to mobile device management tools for the Apple (iPhone/iPad) and Droid mobile devices. Whereas new Client acquisition is important to Enterprise Penguin’s ultimate growth, primary revenues will be realized through strong customer retention and recurring monthly billings. Therefore, Enterprise Penguin will devote substantial time, planning and resources to the creation of a body of robust service and support infrastructure, policies and methodologies aimed at ensuring Client satisfaction and retention.