MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., July 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Morphlabs, Inc. (Morphlabs; CEO and founder, Winston Damarillo), a U.S.-based cloud solution provider, and NEC Corporation (NEC; Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6701) today announced the availability of pre-configured and certified mCloud Solutions with NEC Express 5800 servers. mCloud Solutions, powered by OpenStack, provide compact, scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure, with integrated metering and billing, enabling service providers to offer cost effective and sophisticated cloud services while nearly eliminating time-to-market.
"mCloud and NEC empower service providers to immediately deploy public and private clouds using best-of-breed open source software and hardware without requiring a massive capital expenditure," said Morphlabs Co-Founder and Executive Vice President for Asian Business, Satoshi Konno. "Working closely with NEC, we have packed the high performance benefits of mCloud into telco grade hardware, making it possible for service providers to deploy massively scalable and competitive public clouds without investing in massive, complex build-outs."
mCloud Solutions, combined with NEC's power-dense and energy-efficient Express 5800 server system with solid state drives (SSD), provide unmatched price and performance. mCloud Solutions are highly-optimized and offer a turnkey and modular public cloud offering that are scalable to thousands of virtual machines. Service Providers that deploy mCloud Solutions can add compute on demand and storage on demand, enabling customized cloud solutions for service providers based on specific objectives and customer demand.
"Together, Morphlabs and NEC enable service providers, especially in growing markets throughout Asia, to build their own public clouds and launch their services quickly into the market," said Kazuhiro Iwamoto, General Manager, IT Platform Division, NEC. "mCloud Solutions utilizing NEC Express 5800 servers achieve high power efficiency and performance with a sophisticated cloud infrastructure."
mCloud Solutions powered by NEC are being deployed throughout Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia.
"PT Pratesis is providing the first truly open cloud for Indonesia, backed by OpenStack expertise from Morphlabs and NEC. We have positioned ourselves as a leader in the open cloud era in Southeast Asia," said Singgih Tjahjono, President Director of PT Pratesis, one of the fastest growing cloud service providers in Indonesia. "By utilizing open cloud technologies, we are providing the most value and performance of any cloud provider in Indonesia."
About Morphlabs, Inc.
Morphlabs, Inc. is a recognized leader in OpenStack solutions for service providers and the enterprise. Our mCloud solutions pre-integrate hyperscale hardware with best-of-breed software to deliver the most value and performance in private or public clouds available today. The mCloud solution's next generation modular architecture completely integrates compute, storage and networking to dramatically reduce the cost of IT while accelerating time to market. Enterprises and service providers are free to focus on the tasks that differentiate their business, instead of worrying about IT procurement, integration, assembly and optimization. Founded in 2007 by industry pioneers, Morphlabs, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, with operations in the Philippines, Japan, and Singapore. For more information, visit www.morphlabs.com .
About NEC Corporation.
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com .
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