Sunday 14 March 2010
RealPage, Inc. (www.realpage.com), today announced an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering for owners and operators of multifamily properties. The service will be offered under the trade name RealPage Cloud Computing (or simply the “Cloud”), a new division of RealPage that will provide computing services to RealPage clients operating in two fully redundant data centers connected by dual 10 Gigabit dedicated fiber circuits.
“The RealPage Cloud is the single largest data center in the U.S. dedicated solely to the multifamily real estate industry,” said Jason Lindwall, president of RealPage Cloud Computing. “In addition to hosting all RealPage applications on hundreds of servers with more than 300 terabytes of storage and the fastest possible redundant connections to the Internet, we are also offering hosting services for popular third party accounting platforms.”
A cloud computing platform allows an owner or fee manager to outsource data center and applications hosting to a managed service provider with the economies of scale and expertise that drive costs down and improve overall performance and reliability.
“Corporate IT departments are under increased pressure to provide more services for less cost and it becomes challenging when technology costs are rising and IT professionals are becoming harder to find, train and retain,” added Lindwall. “We are addressing our clients’ need to cut costs and dramatically improve the reliability and capabilities of tightly integrated solutions. Our clients still retain control over their enterprise applications, but by hosting these applications in the Cloud, they enjoy the benefits of much higher performance and tighter integration to other applications.”
RealPage Cloud Computing enables owners to:
• Reduce hosting costs for third party applications
• Rely on a real-time disaster recovery center
• Improve application performance, due to extremely high-speed networks offered by RealPage. RealPage offers managed network services to thousands of locations around the country
• Realize improved and more reliable integration between third party accounting applications, all RealPage applications, as well as selected third party Cloud partner applications
• Utilize a quality assurance platform to test changes to any Cloud partner application before it is introduced into the production environment
For more information about RealPage Infrastructure-as-a-Service, or to schedule an interview with a RealPage executive, please contact Karen Dodge at karen.dodge@r
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Located in Carrollton, TX, RealPage provides Software-as-a-Service products and services to more than 30,000 apartment communities across the United States. Its six on-demand product lines include OneSite® property management systems that automate the leasing, renting, management, and accounting of conventional, affordable, tax credit, student housing, and military properties; CrossFire® contact centers that help boost occupancy and build retention; YieldStar® asset optimization systems that maximize asset valuation and investment return; VelocityTM utility management and payment services; LeasingDesk® risk mitigation systems that reduce a community’s exposure to risk and liability; and OpsTechnologyTM spend management systems that help owners manage and reduce operating expenses. In addition, RealPage now offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service to multifamily owners and operators to help reduce IT costs and dramatically improve integration performance and reliability
There are several kinds of Cloud Computing service offerings. Here are the most common ones. Common Services. Some products offer Internet-based services—such as storage, middleware, collaboration, and database capabilities—directly to users.
SaaS. Software-as-a-service products provide a complete, turnkey application—including complex programs such as those for CRM or enterprise-resource management—via the Internet.
PaaS. Platform-as-a-service products offer a full or partial development environment that users can access and utilize online, even in collaboration with others.
IaaS. Infrastructure-as-a-service products deliver a full computer infrastructure via the Internet.
DaaS. Desktop-as-a-service which utilize virtualization of desktop systems serving thin clients.
Low cost cloud computing infrastructure and managed services offering is powered in part by 3tera’s award winning AppLogic cloud computing platform and managed by Cirrhus9. The C9 CSP Platform enables Service Providers, like managed hosting companies, ASP firms, software companies and/or IT services companies, to offer Cloud solutions to their customers with minimal investment, short timelines and with reduced complexity. In addition, Cirrhus9 has configured a suite of Open Source products and management tools which provide low cost prepackaged solutions that include email, document sharing/management, collaboration, learning management and others.
AppLogic allows IT professionals to develop and deploy online applications in minutes instead of weeks, using only a browser to manage and scale on demand fully distributed systems and deliver security and business continuity for all applications, while fully controlling their cloud computing environment. Our mission is to help companies use and better understand Cloud technology to achieve measurable results,” continued Michalik. “As a Cloud Integrator, we are passionate about the success of our clients utilizing Cloud technology. For the Service Providers and Technology Companies the net result is that these features bring substantially greater efficiencies, shorter time to market and consistent high-quality infrastructure, with remarkably lower system associated costs.
