Competitive Insights

When it comes to price/performance in the cloud, not all solutions are created equal. Research shows that bare-metal services can deliver better price/performance in the cloud by reducing software licensing fees, lowering data transfer costs and enabling better overall performance. This section compares the price/performance of bare-metal servers versus virtualized servers in cloud environments, and details a specific use case that shows what kind of an advantage an organization can achieve by utilizing a bare-metal approach.


How Bare-Metal Servers in the Cloud Deliver a Huge Edge in Price/Performance

IT decision makers can drive significant price/performance advantages for their organizations through their choice of Infrastructure as a Service approaches. Cloud services providers basically offer two models for deploying servers for their IaaS customers: Bare-metal servers and/or virtualized servers. Continue Reading


Adding Up the Price/Performance Advantages Of Bare-Metal vs. Virtualized Servers in the Cloud

Research shows that bare-metal servers can deliver significant price/performance benefits versus virtualized servers in cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) environments. Continue Reading