Febrary 16, 2006 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies (softlayer.com) announced on Wednesday that it had integrated IPMI 2.0 Server Management with its proprietary management portal.
The company says its portal was designed to be modular, with the ability to adapt quickly to changes in technology. The addition of IPMI 2.0 will enable customers to access such features as remote reboot, remote console, server monitoring and granular reporting.
“Our primary job is to focus on the customer interface or window into the IT environment,” says Nathan Day, chief technology officer of SoftLayer. “We do not design or write operating systems, control panels, security systems, firewalls, databases, or many of the other technologies we deploy. But we do combine them in order to create an easy-to-use management system.”
SoftLayer’s customer portal already provides billing information, user administration, an advanced resolution system, service ordering and change management.
SoftLayer announced last week that it had added Savvis to its network.
