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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Virtual private server hosting provider VPS.NET (www.vps.net) has made the full suite of Turnkey Linux (www.turnkeylinux.org) software appliances available for free to all VPS.NET customers, marking the first time these products have been available as ready-to-deploy cloud images.
Founded by Israeli engineers in 2008, TurnKey Linux is a new open source project which attempts to bundle self-contained software appliances, such as WordPress, Joomla, web framework Ruby on Rails, and Drupal, letting users build ready-to-use systems that just work out of the box with little, if any, setup required. Adding TurnKey Linux, will enable VPS.NET to offer these popular appliances on its cloud platform, based on a redundant international network that assures a nearly 100 percent uptime.
VPS.NET is the UK2 Group's (www.uk2group.com) unique virtual private server offering, which lets customers buy a number of "nodes," each providing 256MB RAM, 10GB SAN storage, 400MHz dedicated CPU and 250GB of bandwidth per month. VPS.NET reported sales of more than 1,000 nodes alone in its first month out of beta.
"This is a real boon for VPS.NET customers; Turnkey offers an incredible selection of applications that everyday users can apply virtually immediately," UK2 Group chief executive officer Ditlev Bredahl said in a statement. "These appliances represent best of breed solutions and reflect our commitment to responding to customers requests for easily deployable, useful solutions."
Users can deploy Turnkey appliances using VPS.NET's simple web interface, which allows them to configure and deploy a cloud server in less than five minutes.
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