The Computing Utility is a combination of our unique utility-billed scalable VPDC (Virtual Private Data Center) hosting plus Operations as a Service.  ENKI offers Operations as a Service to our own cloud hosting as well as customers leasing grids of AppLogic servers from other Managed Service Providers to bring them the benefits of AppLogic without the learning curve or the necessity for deep system administration knowledge.

Why would I want to have ENKI manage my Virtual Private Data Center? 

Ultimately, the biggest benefit is uptime.  Our OaaS (Operations as a Service) allows ENKI to take responsibility for the uptime and efficiency of your application.  With ENKI's experienced system administration staff running your VPDC, performance issues and failures are addressed quickly and effectively.  In addition, if you regularly deploy software to your VPDC, ENKI's release processes allow us to keep your downtime to a minimum while ensuring a successful, repeatable deployment.

Another benefit is cost savings.  Many of ENKI's customers use ENKI's OaaS services instead of hiring staff required for 24x7 administration.  They also save by not having to hire multiple employees to cover different skill sets such as administration, systems design and tuning, database administration, and network administration.  For smaller companies, the critical decision is often whether to spend staffing money on IT versus sales and marketing.   ENKI's OaaS allows the cost savings to be applied to growing the business instead of developing expertise that our customers don't need in-house.

Finally, because of our enterprise IT experience, being involved with the day-to-day operation of your application allows us to tune it and help you make the best use of the cloud computing resources you are already paying for.   Our OaaS staff partners with your business to take advantage of ENKI's flexibility to suggest innovative and cost effective solutions to your application deployment needs.