nSolutions Partners With OpSource For Security And Compliance Of Cloud Resources

PRESS RELEASE

SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- nSolutions, Inc., the leader in operational automation for security and compliance in data centers and cloud architectures, and OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today joined forces to assure security and compliance in the changing environments of application infrastructures in cloud deployments. As part of this collaboration, nSolutions becomes a Validated Cloud Solution provider in the OpSource Partner Ecosystem.

nSolutions' virtual appliance, vNOVA, leverages the OpSource Cloud platform to provide cloud-based services to enterprise subscribers for

Elimination of security risks due to lack of visibility into cloud resources Managing resource changes in an increasingly dynamic cloud environment Automation of continuous compliance with best practices and regulatory requirements, e.g. PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, etc.

vNOVA enables enterprises to migrate their business-critical infrastructure resources rapidly and safely to OpSource's high-availability cloud hosting environment. vNOVA uniquely provides seamless access, visibility and control from any location, at any time, to infrastructure resources of an enterprise located anywhere in the cloud or in a data center.

Commenting on the business benefits of vNOVA in the cloud, Dr. Jim Metzler, a leading analyst in cloud computing from Ashton Metzler and Associates, stated during its product launch earlier that, "The business impact of vNOVA is that enterprises can migrate to hybrid clouds with the knowledge that their cloud resources will be secure and compliant. vNOVA eliminates security concerns in the cloud with complete visibility and automation for continuous compliance."

"We are delighted to become a Solutions partner of OpSource," said Harish Rao, CEO of nSolutions. "Cloud subscribers will now be assured of the security and compliance of their cloud resources in most of the common hybrid cloud topologies including site-to-site, cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-site, site-to-cloud connectivity."

Businesses of every size can benefit from cloud and managed hosting solutions that are secure, high performance and easy to integrate and control. IT administrators and developers typically take on the burden of integrating software, SaaS Platforms and software development platforms on their own. The OpSource Partner Ecosystem is designed to enable integrators, developers, ISVs, development platform companies and service providers to provide integrated solutions for their joint customers. OpSource's Validated Cloud Solutions Program offers end users with the assurance that nSolutions vNOVA-based solution operates in the OpSource Cloud. The solution has been tested and validated by OpSource and nSolutions.

"We are pleased to welcome nSolutions as an OpSource Ecosystem Partner," said Jon Beck, SVP of Worldwide Alliances and Channels, at OpSource. "nSolutions vNOVA will minimize the security and compliance concerns of cloud subscribers, ease the burden of integration and reduce the time to market for new services."

Availability

The OpSource-powered vNOVA cloud solution is immediately available for purchase directly from nSolutions. Signing up is simple and customers can do so directly from nSolutions (www.nsolutionsinc.net ).

About nSolutions, Inc.

nSolutions, Inc. (www.nsolutionsinc.net), located in San Jose CA, offers NOVA™ products and services to enterprises and cloud service providers for automation, security and compliance of data centers and cloud architectures. nSolutions markets NOVA (Network Ontology and Virtualization Appliance) product line directly and through its channel partners (in the United States, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, India and the Middle East) to enterprises in the financial, retail, manufacturing, and government and to cloud service provider market segments.

About OpSource

Founded in 2002, OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. OpSource is a Dimension Data company. Visit www.opsource.net