Video Interview with Niko Nelissen, Q-layer

Virtual private data centers, or VPDCs, are a new paradigm for data centers that we've been hearing quite a bit about in North America through companies like Layered Technologies and 3Tera.

In Europe, Q-layer has been offering a fully virtual private data center since 2005, enabling service providers to compete with next generation hosting offerings such as Amazon S3 and EC2, using the private virtual datacenter concept: utility-based provisioning and billing based on actual usage.

WHIRtv recently spoke to Niko Nelissen, VP of business development and co-founder of Q-layer, and gained some insight into his company's vision with VPDCs.

Anastasia Tubanos was a writer, producer and host for theWHIR TV. She is a Graduate of The Ryerson University School of Journalism in Toronto. Her archive blog covers web hosting events, industry insight and extensive interviews of the Web hosting industry's greatest minds.... (Read full bio)

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