Bluelock at VMworld 2011 - Get Energized!
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
VMworld

Bluelock is in the midst of getting ramped up for our favorite event of the year - VMworld 2011. Last year we had a blast in San Francisco, and this year Vegas will surely live up to its potential. As a leading certified vCloud Datacenter provider, Bluelock is excited to make a big splash with a major announcement around our Bluelock Virtual Datacenter capabilities. Stay tuned.

More importantly, we're planning on having a lot of fun with our partners, prospects and friends. The fun starts Sunday night where we're sponsoring the #VMunderground event on Sunday night. This will be my first experience with the event, and after hearing such great things, I can say that I am incredibly enthused!

If you've seen us at VMware events earlier this year, yes we'll be bringing lots of energy (literally). So stop by if you need a pick-me-up!

Make sure to add these sessions to your event schedule:
  • #CIM3254 Real-world Cloud Experiences: Enterprise IT leaders discuss public and hybrid cloud deployments (Wednesday, August 31, 2:00 PM)
  • #CIM2750 Are All Clouds Commodity? Key Technical Considerations and Customer Experiences (Monday August 29 and Wednesday August 31, 11:00 AM)
  • #SPO3966 Case Studies: How to Build a Cloud Infrastructure that's 100X Easier to Manage (Wednesday, August 31, 8:30 AM)
  • #CIM2961 Federating vCloud Services - How to Best Deploy Your Applications Amongst Multiple Cloud Service Providers Worldwide (Thursday September 1, 12:00 PM)
Virtual Datacenters and Powershell Commands at Chicago vForum 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
At this year's Chicago VMware vForum event, Jake Robinson (@jakerobinson) met up with David Davis (@davidmdavis) to chat Bluelock Virtual Datacenters and Powershell commands.

Jake's been up to some really cool stuff as it relates to Powershell automation between private and public clouds. He dives into some of the work he's been doing with PowerCLI in conjunction with the vCloud API. And if you're uncomfortable with command lines and scripting, Jake talks about how you can use the vCloud Connector for vCenter to view your internal datacenter and Bluelock VDCs in one pane as well as to upload and download VMs.

"Essentially, if you can say it in English, I can write it in Powershell."
- Jake



Check out Jake's Powershell work at Github.com/jakerobinson

Check out more from David Davis on the VMwareVideos.com blog.
Working in Harmony: Bluelock Virtuals Datacenters and F5 Load Balancers
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
F5“To meet our clients’ business requirements, we need to be able to scale up and scale down very quickly with no disruptions. The only way we can do that is with the architecture we’ve built using VMware and F5 BIG-IP LTM.” - Pat O’Day, Chief Technical Officer, Bluelock

As a provider of Virtual Datacenters hosted in the public cloud, Bluelock needs to be able to seamlessly deliver traffic across servers for heightened performance and efficiencies. BIG-IP LTM provides intelligent traffic management that efficiently distributes traffic across virtual machines to optimize server utilization. By offloading SSL processing from the virtual servers, BIG-IP LTM also frees up server capacity to handle other processes.

Check out a recent case study video where O'Day talks about the benefits of F5 load balancers for cloud computing.
F5 Case study video

“BIG-IP LTM helps us maximize the efficiency of our virtual environment so we can pass those efficiencies along to our clients, all while ensuring the high performance and availability that our clients require,” says O’Day.



National Democratic Institute: vCloud Director and Bluelock Virtual Datacenters
Monday, July 25, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, DC and works in every region of the world to strengthen democratic institutions, safeguard elections, advance citizen engagement, and support open and accountable government.  In a recent joint nonprofitcase study with Bluelock and VMware, NDI highlighted some major technology improvements they experienced after moving to VMware vCloud Director using Bluelock Virtual Datacenters.

Chris Spence of NDI commented:
"VMware vCloud Director helps us better serve our users, including those in developing countries. We can configure virtual servers, point to URLs, and fire up applications within a matter of minutes. It's less costly for us and less time-consuming, and because it's a virtualized deployment, the hosting costs are low."

NDI needed to deliver applications to users across the globe who lack the infrastructure and resources to host them. The organization was also charged to drive efficiencies in the application delivery process so that it can focus on core activities; an important effort for a nonprofit organization. By using vCloud Director with Bluelock VDCs, NDI is now able to act quickly by provisioning new, stable environments within minutes, they've minimized hosting costs and freed up their engineers to focus on higher value tasks.

Read the full case study.

Learn more about NDI:
http://www.ndi.org/

Bluelock Partners | Opscode
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin


Opcode's John Willis, VP of Training, Services, and Evangelism shares insight on cloud computing and their partnership with Bluelock.

Willis compartmentalizes cloud to three functional spaces:

Phase 1, provisioning, involves raw computing resources. Resources are used to create instances.
Phase 2, configuration management, employs instances for desired instrumented servers.
Phase 3, system integration, connects servers to create a functional environment.

Bluelock delivers the cloud computing resources necessary for Phase 1. Bluelock also offers a significant piece of Phase 2, configuration management, to deliver on customer needs. Opscode utilizes cloud instances for Phase 3, system integration. 'Opscode Chef' constructs and delivers the solution built off Bluelock Virtual Datacenter resources.

Seeking Systems Engineer to Join Operations Team at Bluelock
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Systems Engineer to Join Operations Team at BluelockBluelock is dedicated to providing a challenging and stimulating work environment to help employees succeed both professionally and personally. Our team is always on the lookout for qualified, hardworking professionals with a keen entrepreneurial spirit that are passionate about delivering client success. Bluelock offers a variety of employment opportunities for growth and development.

Do you like to achieve high levels of performance through collaborative teams, yet function independently in areas of specialty? Bluelock's stimulating culture may be what you're looking for. Bluelock is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join the Operations Team. Candidates need experience in virtualization and VMware products with knowledge of servers, networks, virtual machines, and storage.

Duties for a Bluelock Systems Engineer include installation, configuation, monitoring, and backup of Bluelock product environments for our clients to meet SLAs. Leverage your critical thinking skills to troubleshoot complex issues to ensure delivery of client services. Drive your technical knowledge and develop your skillset in our fast-paced environment.

Learn more about becoming a Systems Engineer well as other opportunities at Bluelock team on our careers page.





Now Hiring for Software Engineer Position
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Hiring for Software Engineer PositionDo you enjoy delivering client success in a fast-paced technological environment? If you're a motivated self-starter that shares our passion for delivering quality software and service, you might be the right persion. Bluelock, a leading infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider of cloud hosting solutions, believes that each employee who joins our staff is important to the success of our company and that everyone makes a difference. Bluelock's success is driven by hard work, dedication and commitment to and by our employees.

The Bluelock team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer able to deliver commercialized web-based software. Analysis, design, development, testing, owner acceptance, and deployment of software products highlight this role. In our ever-expanding IT horizon, individuals driven by their technical inclinations and personal initiative thrive at Bluelock. Software Engineers at Bluelock are customer and results oriented, focusing on enabling clients through outcomes rather than activities. Problem solving skills in our team-based environment are emphasized competancies for the Bluelock team.

Experience for the Software Engineer position at Bluelock demands at least four years software engineering experience. A strong comfort level with enterprise software development frameworks is favored. Engineers should have a fluent vocabulary in emerging web standards and browser-independent web applications.

Excellent benefits and opportunities for personal and professional growth and development await you at Bluelock! Learn more about becoming a Software Engineer well as other opportunities at Bluelock team on our careers page.




Engagement Manager Opportunity at Bluelock
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Engagement Manager Opportunity at BlueLockDo you have a knack for client success? We have the position to satiate your customer service needs. Bluelock, a leading infrastructure-as-a-service provider of cloud hosting solutions, is now hiring for the Engagement Manager role. Our team of customer-oriented cloud junkies is committed to delivering an unsurpassed customer experience.

This strategic role on the Bluelock team will leverage management, communication, and team-based skills. With client-centric priorities, the Engagement Manager provides first-line services to clients and partners. Daily duties include managing ticket requests, event communications, crisis protocol, business analysis, and client metrics.

Both an advocate and advisor for clients and the team, this collaborative position requires excellent problem solving an troubleshooting skills. Five years or more of client management experience is recommended. If you're a customer oriented individual that shares our commitment to delivering outstanding service to clients, we encourage you learn more about the Engagement Manager opportunity.

Excellent benefits and opportunities for personal and professional growth and development await you at Bluelock! Learn more about becoming an Engagement Manager well as other opportunities at Bluelock team on our careers page.

Bluelock Hiring for Account Executive Position
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin
BlueLock Account ExecutiveAre you a competitive self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills? Bluelock's Account Executive position is calling your name. As a certified VMware vCloud Datacenter Services provider, Bluelock delivers enterprise-class cloud computing and managed IT services. Leveraging VMware technology, Bluelock enables hybrid cloud strategies for the enterprise.

Account Executives collaborate with Bluelock's VP of Sales to prepare and execute quaterly sales plans. Through a consultative approach to selling our cloud services to a variety of influencers and IT decision-makers, Account Executives help shape and refine the sales process as the company enters our next growth phase.

Results-oriented individuals with five to ten years technical sales experience are encouraged to apply. Adaptability and problem solving intuition in the fast-paced cloud computing space offers a variety of opportunities for personal and professional growth. This client facing role will respond to and strive to meet customer needs. Bluelock's intimate work environment means all employees can contribute to a positive and fun work atmosphere.

Account Executives hands-on approach involves understanding prospect's specific business needs and matching our cloud hosting services to those needs. Bluelockers evangelize the advantages of virtualization and cloud computing. Think you got what it takes? We'd love to hear from you!

Excellent benefits and opportunities await you at Bluelock! Play an integral role in our growth team's success. Learn more about becoming an Account Executive well as other opportunities at Bluelock team on our careers page.

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Support Administrator Opportunity Available at Bluelock
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Support Administrator Opportunity Available at BluelockIf you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Bluelock. The Bluelock team currently is looking for a second shift Support Administrator. Individuals with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering an unsurpassed client experience are encouraged to apply. Support Administrators demonstrate a high degree of customer ownership. Attention to detail and self-management are vital to this role.

Duties for this multifunctional role include, but are not limited to, backup monitoring, OS patching management, service ticket management, and on-call rotation. The Support Administrator works closely with the Operations teams to ensure quality of service. Adaptable and responsive team players will react to customer concerns and confront barriers to successful project completion.

Bluelock’s success is attributed to the hard work, dedication and commitment of our employees. If you’re a motivated self-starter that shares our obsession with building a world-class organization, you might be the right person for Bluelock. Credentials and experience? A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, an understanding of Bluelock technology, problem solving and communication skills, and adherence to industry best practices and standards.

Excellent benefits and opportunities await you at Bluelock! Play an integral role in our growth team's success. Learn more about becoming an Support Administrator well as other opportunities at Bluelock team on our careers page.

VMware’s unveiling of Cloud Infrastructure Suite supports strategic virtualization ambitions
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
VMware’s July release of both a product upgrade and new software suite consolidates options for enterprise virtualization. The Palo Alto powerhouse in cloud computing technology announced its latest advance for the hypervisor program, vSphere®5, featuring significant capability improvements. Corresponding to the new version’s introduction was the innovative bundling of five supporting software programs, previously sold independently. As just under half of all server operations are currently performed virtually, this latest technology development is a bid to position VMware and its software provider companies in a strong position to capture future enterprise integration.

VSphere®5 noteworthy expanded capacity stats:
  • 32 virtual CPUs
  • 1 Terabytes (1,000 M) of memory
  • 1 Million I/O operations per second

VSphere®5 Suite components:

Analogous to Microsoft’s bundling of personal computing software, VSphere®5 adds to its standard vCenter Operations three other programs previously sold independently as well as an optional fourth:
  • vCloud Director – Allows the flexibility of having two virtual machines with similar tasks separate operations only after the tasks begin to differ, with the second virtual machine deployed to independently operate once the need arises.
  • vShield Security – Recognizes and differentiates compliance and security certificates and separates critical data into the appropriate level of security.
  • vCenter SRM – (Site Recovery Manager) Advanced disaster recovery capability, automated to reduce recovery time, ensure timely storage of critical information and maintains system reliability.
  • VSphere storage option – Allows multiple small to mid-sized businesses to store information in dedicated storage space while ensuring that data is not compromised with other enterprises.

A glance into the (near) future of information management?

With estimates placing enterprise virtualization near the 50 percent level, pricing follows function for most of these product choices involving a hybrid of virtual and hardware processors. The new release comes with a reduced number of subscription options, allowing companies the scalability they need as they integrate into the cloud.

Existing VMware customers and potential enterprises looking to invest in the transition from computers dependent on hard operating systems, servers and storage to virtualization can adapt the innovations available with vSphere®5 to their own positioning strategies. By weighing ROI expectations and the flexibility of a platform that allows an “all in” approach to cloud computing, even companies just beginning to test the waters of a this revolutionary trend will be well-served.

SOURCES:

http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2011/07/vmware-unveils-vsphere-5-and-the-cloud-infrastructure-suite.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/vmware-shows-its-cloud-strategy/
http://gigaom.com/cloud/vmware-exposes-its-plans-to-be-the-os-for-the-cloud/  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/12/vmware_cloud_infrastructure_announcment/  
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-vSphere-5-Delivers-AllinOne-Virtualization-Storage-Package-280187/
Bluelock and ScaleXtreme: Cloud-based Systems Management
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Alicia Gaba

ScaleXtreme

A guest post by Nand Mulchandani, CEO, ScaleXtreme


ScaleXtreme is the first cloud-based systems management product, and we're excited to announce support for Bluelock Virtual Datacenters as an integrated, preferred platform. With ScaleXtreme, Bluelock clients can manage their servers directly through a web browser, giving them the ability to:
  • Connect your Bluelock account to ScaleXtreme and use it to launch new vApp's directly through the system
  • "Live Browse" the file system on your server and conduct a variety of operations on files, as well as look through application/package inventory on those systems
  • Stats and monitoring of your machines for key variables such as CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and Processes
  • Upload scripts (shell, command shell, Powershell, etc.) into the cloud - fully version controlled and ready to run across multiple systems
  • Schedule and run scripting jobs across multiple machines and record historical data
  • Use the integrated App Store to get one-click access to a rich library of scripts including popular packages (JBoss, etc.) and Bitnami stacks
  • And more!
Instead of using "command shell" or other manual techniques, you can use ScaleXtreme to do many of the tasks that you would otherwise do manually. Bluelock clients can signup for free at http://www.scalextreme.com/register to start managing machines in a few minutes.
 
ScaleXtreme is also hosting a free webinar on July 12 @ 10am PDT where we will take clients through the product and show how to signup and start managing machines with Bluelock in a few minutes. Registration link is http://bit.ly/jR2WhX.

About ScaleXtreme:
Built from the ground up to be simple, scalable, and social, ScaleXtreme’s product aims to transform the way IT admins manage their Amazon EC2, VMware virtual machine and physical server deployments. ScaleXtreme was founded by a team with deep expertise in enterprise software and systems management, including Bladelogic and VMware, and is backed by Accel Partners.
Bluelock Among Lead411's "Hottest Companies in Midwest" For 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Lead411 Hottest Companies in Midweset 2011Bluelock, among several other Indiana companies, was named among Lead411’s “Hottest Companies in Midwest” award list. Lead411, a research team, sifts through press releases and business articles each year to give insight on the fastest growing companies in the U.S. What began with more than 1,500 candidates has been narrowed down to the top 60.
Winning companies must operate in the Software, Hardware, Wireless, or Media industries and be privately held. Midwest contestants are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio, or Wisconsin. A 100% increase in revenues over the past two years, or over $2 million in funding in the past two years are the financial requirements.
Lead411’s statement on Bluelock:
Bluelock is an award-winning provider of cloud hosting solutions for the enterprise. Hosted in the public cloud, Bluelock Virtual Datacenters help companies get started quickly and deal with the unknown, while delivering the freedom to change their minds as IT needs evolve. With SAS-70 Type II datacenters, Bluelock’s VMware vCloud Datacenter Service provides world-class SLAs, guaranteeing enterprise level uptime. The company has increased revenues by 2,665% from 2007 to 2009 ending with $9.4M in 2009.

Fellow Indianapolis-based firms awarded include ExactTarget, Angie’s List, Scale Computing, and ChaCha.
Cloud in Crisis: Learning from the Entertainment Giants
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 by Jon Corwin
TechPoint New Economy New RulesAmazon Cloud Player, Google Music Beta, and Apple iCloud. The stage is set for a new battle over dominance in the entertainment world. Music and content management in the cloud is all the buzz. In the race to build the best cloud-based services and devices, however, all parties should take heed the cautionary tales about hacker attacks that compromised personal data (including credit and identity information) for millions of customers. As fiduciaries of customer information, companies offering cloud services have a moral and legal obligation to protect that data.

With great reward comes great risk. The cloud is here to stay; the efficiencies, flexibility, and convenience of storing data on remote servers will be embraced further on both a B2B and consumer level. The relentless attacks against Sony, howeve stress the importance of clearly defined data policie. “The time to think about what you’d do is beforehand” stated Roy Hadley Jr., a partner in Barnes & Thornburg’s Atlanta office.
Cloud security will remain at the tip of IT’s tongue. Panelists at the TechPoint discussion session June 3 provided an inside look into how Google secures and protects customer information. Three main components ensure the reliability of security process; people, process, and technology. Over $8 billion dollars spent on building a secure Google infrastructure, it’s no wonder why 3 million businesses have made the leap to Google infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).
Bluelock’s CTO, Pat O’Day, offered a guide to the four primary categories of cloud; software-as-a-service (SaaS), infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and managed services (MS). SaaS is typically an application shared with other users, where a provider hosts and runs the software on its servers. IaaS, allows companies to rapidly expand (or contract) their datacenter operation capacity by supplying hardware, network, and services. PaaS providers create and manage all of the technology tools, including operating system, architechture, and other needs, to run platforms. Managed services use the internet to deliver unique services directly to customers. O’Day urged companies to analyze closely the SLA guarantees issues by cloud vendors.

TechPoint’s monthly breakfast series held the first Friday of every month is open to the public and seeks to introduce revolutionary thinking about how business is done today and how it will be done tomorrow. A question and answer session follows short presentations by our subject matter experts and VIP panelists. New Economy New Rules is held at the downtown Indianapolis offices of the law firm Barnes & Thornburg and is broadcast via a live, interactive video feed to many locations throughout Indiana.

'Virtualization' Spawning Demand for Tech Workers
Thursday, June 2, 2011 by Jon Corwin
VMware vCloud PoweredStructural unemployment in Indianapolis can be a pernicious burden on Hoosier communities and individuals in the coming years. As a refresher, structural unemployment is the result of a mismatch between skillsets and demand. A leading technology star in the Midwest, Indianapolis has spent more than a decade carving out a robust information technology sector. All that innovation and growth, with cloud computing a catalyst, has outpaced worker supply and training. The Indianapolis Business Journal recently wrote a great article on this topic which featured Bluelock and Harrison College.
Growth and success of cloud hosting firms like Bluelock have strained the city’s supply of IT workers. The virtualization revolution spawned demand for tech workers with specific cloud training and experience.
Harrison College jumped at market indicators. Harrison College recently became the only school in Indiana to offer certification in VMware—the leading virtualization software provider used by datacenters. “We need to be able to provide people (with VMware skills)… We’re really out in front” stated Joe Meadors, Dean of the School of Information Technology at Harrison. IT workers placed in a cloud hosting environment face diverse challenges. Serving a variety of clients and industries, “the scope of the responsibility has gone up so much” said Bluelock’s CTO Pat O’Day.
Cloud computing proliferation is expected to accelerate at an exponential pace. Forrester Research forecasted $241 billion in cloud computing services by 2020. Of that pool, $159 billion spent on public cloud, $66 billion in virtual private cloud, and $16 billion in private cloud. Gartner, technology research and industry analysis firm, predicts the penetration of new servers used in the virtual setting to be at nearly 50 percent by end of 2012, up from 12 percent in 2008.
“The rise of the cloud is more than just another platform shift that gets geeks excited. It will undoubtedly transform the information technology industry, but it will also profoundly change the way people work and companies operate” (Economist, 2008). The IT sector and cloud clients are experiencing this transformation first-hand. Harrison College’s new industry certifications reaffirm this notion.

Read IBJ article by Chris O'Malley.
Cloud in Crisis: Learning from the Entertainment Giants
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Jon Corwin
TechPoint New Economy New Rules
Join us this Friday, June 3rd to hear from Bluelock's CTO, Pat O'Day, share thoughts at TechPoint's 'New Economy, New Rules' breakfast series. Held the first Friday of each month, June's topic is titled 'Cloud in Crisis: Learning from the Entertainment Giants.' The event is open to the public and is broadcast via a live, interactive video feed to many locations throughout Indiana.

Bluelock’s Pat O’Day will be speaking alongside Melvin Chua, North American Channel Manager for Google, about lessons learned in the cloud for enterprise entertainment companies.

Date: June 3, 2011
Location: 11 South Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Speaker: Pat O’Day, Chief Technology Officer

Free registration here.


Dealing with Uncertainty - In the Cloud
Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Jon Corwin
 
Dealing with UncertaintyThere is still a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the nation’s economic climate. That uncertainty is placing pressure on organizations to limit costs and investments until demand is reestablished. Companies had to improve operations management and agility. Learning to live with unknowns, handling uncertainty, and pivoting on-demand became a valued skill. Cloud computing has become more attractive because it provides the ability to manage unknowns, act quickly, and change your mind later if your IT needs change.

CIO.com provided a thorough story on how Lehman Brothers, which later spun into LAMCO, used the cloud to manage a major spin-down of their assets in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown. Here's just a short snippet:

James Johnson, an IT veteran with 25 years’ experience running Wall Street technology operations, walked into Lehman Brothers’ packing-box-strewn office high in the Time-Life building in Rockefeller Center. It was November 2008. Johnson had just been named Lehman’s CTO and had been given the job of operating the IT infrastructure needed to wind down the firm.

Just two months earlier,
Lehman helped set off a worldwide financial panic by filing the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. history. By the time Johnson found himself picking his way around the cardboard boxes, most of Lehman’s brokerage and money-management operations had already been sold to international banks at fire-sale prices. But Lehman still owned over $600 billion worth of global assets, including real estate, those infamous mortgage-backed securities, derivatives and other hard-to-value items. The professional services and restructuring firm Alvarez and Marsal won the contract to wind down operations and turn those assets into as much cash as possible for Lehman’s creditors.
Building the Cloud for Tomorrow | VMware & Bluelock
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Alicia Gaba
As a strategic VMware vCloud Datacenter partner, Bluelock is continuously working with VMware to build better cloud computing solutions for our clients. Because the hybrid cloud computing topic continues to be an important part of the enterprise cloud equation, tools like the VMware vCloud Connector have been a big hit.

Check out this video where Deepak Puri (VMware) and Bill Busch (Bluelock) talk about enterprise cloud computing needs and how the vCloud Connector plays a vital role in hybrid cloud.

Building the Cloud for Tomorrow | VMware & Bluelock

Bluelock Named one of CRN's Top 20 Cloud Infrastructure Vendors of 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Bluelock in CRN Top 20 Cloud Infrastructure Vendors of 2011 ListThe cloud computing space is saturated with vendors. Identifying quality solution providers to leverage the cloud can become a daunting task for any solutions team. Thankfully, CRN has taken the pain out of sifting through vendor options. Whether the end result is to boost agility, manage the unknown, or future proof a business, cloud computing has clearly shifted from a “classic disruptive technology” to the next great IT frontier. The cloud paradigm shift is comprised of five segments: cloud platforms, infrastructure, security, storage and software and apps. Each vendor’s approach and solutions do cloud a little differently—a testament to all the ways cloud computing can accommodate your IT strategy.
Among CRN’s Top 100 is their list of Top 20 Cloud Infrastructure Vendors of 2011. Once known as “utility computing,” the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers supply a platform virtualization environment (CPU, RAM, storage, bandwidth) as a service. Rather than incur large fixed costs, businesses outsource computing power to ameliorate fluctuating project agendas, priorities, and future variables. Cutting costs, reducing space constraints, lower management overhead and on-demand and scalable compute capacity on-demand best capture ‘the why’ of this infrastructure component. Bluelock was awarded a spot in the Top 20 list for our managed VMware vCloud Datacenter services. Our SAS-70 Type II certified datacenters also ensure data in the cloud is protected. Read more about CRN’s methodology in choosing their Top 100 as well as Bluelock’s recognition in their full feature.
 
Career Opportunities at Bluelock
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Jon Corwin
Join the Bluelock team and help us deliver the best in enterprise-class cloud computing and managed IT services. We’re looking for folks with a keen entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about delivering client success. Individuals that pursue challenges and are committed to lifelong learning. Are you one of us? Bluelock’s dynamic environment caters to motivated leaders seeking a challenge. We cultivate a work space that enables personal and professional growth. Our talented and experienced staff is passionate aboutGet Bluelock Job technology and helping others. Recognized locally and nationally for innovation and growth, our rapidly expanding business is always on the lookout for qualified, hardworking professionals.

Join the Bluelock team and accelerate your career. We offer competitive salaries, a pay-for-performance bonus structure and comprehensive benefits. With more than six positions currently available, a wide range of skillsets and credentials need apply. Check our Careers page to learn more about specific employment opportunities. As we continue to grow position availability is subject to change, so remember to check back often!

Top 3 Reasons To Work At Bluelock

Innovation
As one of only three North American VMware vCloud® Datacenter providers selected by VMware, Bluelock sets a new standard for cloud hosting. Bluelock’s co-founder and CTO Pat O’Day was first to define the term ‘Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and the leadership team continues to push innovation in the cloud space to new heights. TechPoint also recognized Bluelock’s progressive approach to the cloud, awarding the team the 2010 TechPoint Mira Award for Excellence and Innovation in a company under 3 years of commercialization. Check out other reasons we've been recognized.

Culture
Bluelock embraces the entrepreneurial spirit and fosters personal development. Whether your interests lie in a technical field or you’re more of the business development type, our intimate and collaborative work environment will provide you with the variety of experiences you are looking for. Dynamic tasks and cross-departmental projects are commonplace – say goodbye to mundane daily duties!


Location
Bluelock is located in Indianapolis, home to an emerging and vibrant tech sector. Amidst the economic climate, Indianapolis continues to produce many of the large names in the tech space (e.g. ExactTarget and Aprimo). Organizations like TechPoint identify and empower high-growth Indiana technology companies. Venture funds and capital exchange confidence is at an all time high in the Midwest. The case for Indiana as a thought leader in the tech space grows.

What are you waiting for? Jumpstart your career in the cloud!

Apply Now for Bluelock Job