With the proliferation of replication within storage systems, iLand is seeing significant customer growth. Their six data center locations can provide a secure DR target (or multiple targets) and an alternative to operating a remote DR site or putting that infrastructure into a remote office. But they also give companies a way to reduce primary data center footprint and leverage the cloud for pay-as-you-grow scalability for storage and compute resources.

Another use case that is as a service provider for software companies interested in a Software as a Service (SaaS) business model. These companies typically prefer to focus on development of their technology, not on running a cloud compute infrastructure. iLand takes this off their plates by hosting these applications and giving them a scalable infrastructure that can keep ahead of their business growth without the CapEx or OpEx commitment. iLand can also provide standby resources (storage or VM hosting) for companies that need to support temporary or seasonal workloads. An example would be a software company that needs additional VMs for running tests as they prepare for a new version release.

According to VP for Business Development, Dante Orsini, there is another interesting development for iLand on the partnership front. They are a certified Dell Enterprise Architecture Partner, but have taken that a step further. iLand’s cloud computing infrastructure is built exclusively on Dell EqualLogic hardware. Companies using Dell EqualLogic SANs can replicate data to one of iLand’s six SAS 70 Type II data centers leveraging the replication functionality that’s built into their existing gear. This means they can get the ideal DR infrastructure (the same source-target hardware and software) and the Continuity Cloud feature set (standby resources to restart applications) without the effort or cost of a large DR project.