Data Return unveiled its next-generation utility computing platform, Infinistructure. It is the first utility-enabled managed services platform with the ability to dynamically move running applications across physical servers transparently. The platform provides an on-demand infrastructure for running business-critical applications with flexibility and economy.

Previous utility computing efforts in the managed services industry have focused on form factor, maximizing data center density and minimizing deployment times with the use of blade servers. Infinistructure's software layer extends the concept of simple horizontal scalability to a comprehensive on-demand solution that takes advantage of new breakthroughs in secure virtualization technology. Infinistructure features the ability to move applications across physical infrastructure according to hardware load and performance, and dynamic utility provisioning and billing for processor, memory, storage and bandwidth.

"We've taken five years of knowledge and experience in delivering utility computing solutions for clients and put it into an innovative new technology platform specifically designed to address the business needs of our customers," said Sunny C. Vanderbeck, chief executive officer for Data Return. "Infinistructure brings capacity-on-demand computing to our clients while greatly reducing capital investment requirements, providing an accessible entry point to best-of-breed application infrastructure and services. We believe Infinistructure is particularly well-suited to application service providers, who now have a platform that can grow cost-effectively with their business."

Data Return also announced an agreement to provide services on the Infinistructure platform to Opinionsite, a provider of online market research. "Infinistructure combines the economic and capacity-on-demand benefits of utility computing with the secure, enterprise-class environment and superior customer support for which Data Return is known," said Andrew Korman, chief executive officer for Opinionsite. "Infinistructure gives us the flexibility to pay for the resources we need, when we need them."

Infinistructure's enterprise-class server and storage infrastructure provides a best-of-breed platform with 64-bit dual core AMD Opteron processors, comprehensive redundancy features, gigabit networking, and disk performance exceeding typical dedicated server solutions. Infinistructure's inherent performance and reliability allows Data Return to offer application- level service level agreements at levels far in excess of a standard single-threaded environment.

Infinistructure's flexibility and resource efficiency provides an application platform that combines enterprise-class performance with low capital requirements and a pricing model that scales with the application. Customers can take advantage of Data Return's comprehensive managed services at an accessible entry point, and keep up with application demand while controlling costs, allowing their application infrastructure to scale efficiently with their business.