Mosso Offers Developers Cavernous Online Repository

May 7, 2008: Rackspace’s hosting company Mosso has unveiled a new cloud storage service that gives developers the ability to store a virtually unlimited amount of data on the Web.

Dubbed CloudFS, the service is currently in free private beta and will be available as a stand-alone service or as part of Mossos flagship The Hosting Cloud.

It will offer Rackspace customers benefits such as free local transfers between CloudFS and their managed hosting servers. Mosso says that the ability to tie a scalable and low-cost storage engine to Rackspace’s customised managed hosting environment is unique in the hosting industry.

“Rackspace is focused on developing the most comprehensive array of hosting capabilities available today. With the changing landscape of the industry, there’s no longer just one way to do it,” said John Engates, CTO, Rackspace Hosting. “Customers’ needs are expanding, and one of our key initiatives right now is making web-scale computing as value-added and as easy as possible.

“We believe that linking storage—an essential element of most Internet applications—and fast access to stored data, to a powerful standards-based infrastructure will become a critical business advantage for our customers,” added Engates.

The service will remain in private beta until Q3 2008, when it will open for public testing.

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