dinCloud Places Cloud Control in the Customers Hands

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 17, 2012) - dinCloud, a cloud transformation company and leading provider of hosted virtual desktops, today announced the release of dinManage, an online application that gives its customers complete control over their own cloud environment, including desktops, servers, storage and network security resources. The feature rich management tool is included in dinCloud's dinHVD (Hosted Virtual Desktop) offering as part of the basic bundled solution at no additional cost. dinManage puts full, seamless, web-based control of the network in the hands of the customer.

dinManage's automated provisioning system makes it cost and time efficient to add additional virtual desktops and services to an existing infrastructure. In addition, the application includes reporting and analytics capabilities to give CIOs and IT managers a more comprehensive view of system performance, usage and productivity. The online application supports public, private and hybrid clouds.

"dinManage puts a secure, robust platform directly in IT's hands to allow them to directly and efficiently manage their own resources. We feel the capability to manage, provision and access reporting is key to successful use of cloud-based services and as such, we've included our cloud orchestration and management platform as part of our core service offering. We continue to invest in bringing innovative features that simplify the management of IT," said Dr. Shahzad Munawwar, chief operating officer at dinCloud.

dinManage offers a wide range of features including:

• Provisioning / De-provisioning of Virtual Hosted Desktops, Virtual Hosted Servers
• Provisioning of security and networking (VPN, IPs, and firewall)
• Ability to configure hardware and software specifications of the virtual machines
• Upgrade / Downgrade options available to virtually reconfigure machines at any time
• Power On/Off individual virtual machines using the on and off toggle button
• Remote Console for accessing a machine remotely as an admin user
• Developer and marketplace-ready API's and web-services

"The market is ripe for cloud services companies to lead the pack with online provisioning and management tools for specific cloud tasks. dinManage stands out not just because of its business model, but also because it helps customers manage their entire virtual data center including desktops, servers, storage and security," said Mark Bowker, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.

"dinCloud has simplified security in the cloud by enabling firewall provisioning with its online tool," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta. "Vyatta's software-based networking solution is a great fit for dinCloud and we look forward to the company's continued innovative use of Vyatta for cloud customers."

About dinCloud
dinCloud is a cloud transformation company that helps organizations migrate to the cloud. dinCloud's virtual datacenter provides hosted virtual desktops, hosted virtual servers and cloud backup and recovery services, which are controlled by the customer through a web-based application. dinCloud provides subscription-based services tailored to fit a range of business models resulting in reduced cost; enhanced security, control, and productivity. dinCloud is headquartered in Los Angeles. Visit http://www.dinCloud.com.

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