Ixonos launches an open and secure enterprise cloud solution for R&D and e-services and becomes the first Red Hat Certified Cloud Provider in the Nordic countries. “Through our Certified Cloud Provider Program, we confirm that vendors offer a trusted destination to use Red Hat technologies in public clouds and that the clouds meet rigorous testing and certification requirements to ensure a safe and consistent environment for enterprise cloud deployments,” says Magnus Svensson, Nordic Regional Manager at Red Hat, Inc.

For customers planning and developing new services for global or domestic markets with tight time-to-market demands, Ixonos Elastic Cloud™ offers an endlessly scalable R&D platform based physically in Finland. The cloud is delivered according to the Platform as a Service (PaaS) model and it serves specifically well those enterprise system and R&D customers already running their applications on JBoss Application Server and in Red Hat Linux environments. Ixonos’ cloud offers a consistent environment for seamless migration from on-premise data centres to the cloud as well as for adding new cloud services to a company’s existing operations. The PaaS environment is ready to deploy applications with global level coverage and will soon be enriched with payment and authentication solutions.

“Not only is the cloud’s payment method flexible, as customers only pay for the services they use – the other notable benefits of employing a fully developed platform from the cloud are the quality guarantee and the speed: you get a certified, integrated and fully supported framework for running and developing your business, and it is instantly ready to be deployed,” explains Teppo Kuisma, head of Ixonos Business Solutions.

Ixonos Elastic Cloud is already used to provide next generation public services to municipalities in Finland with Ixonos City Online™. “Ixonos already designs and implements numerous agile R&D software services for innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) providers in Finland,” says Jari Kekkonen, Director, Products and Services, at Ixonos Business Solutions.

Ixonos is an active member of the Cloud Software Program, a Tivit-led research program where corporate participants from the Finnish software industry collaborate in building new cloud business models, lean software enterprise models and open cloud software infrastructure. “As the program has been running for 18 months now, it is fascinating to see that in Finland, we are in the forefront of making cloud business real. Ixonos again shows an example by building a cloud foundation for many new opportunities”, says Director Janne Järvinen from F-Secure, the leader of the Tivit Cloud Software Program.

For more information, please contact:

Ixonos:
- Teppo Kuisma, head of Ixonos Business Solutions, tel. +358 50 581 4075, teppo.kuisma/at/ixonos.com
- Jari Kekkonen, Director, Products and Services, tel. +358 50 342 1521, jari.kekkonen/at/ixonos.com

Links:
- Red Hat’s website: http://www.redhat.com/
- Tivit’s Cloud Software Program: http://www.cloudsoftwareprogram.org/

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, is a member of the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux. Ixonos has been actively involved in mobile Linux development efforts since 2006 and joins The Linux Foundation to maximize its investment in the operating system. The company will collaborate with other leading vendors, users and developers to help advance Linux-based mobile platforms, including Android and MeeGo.

Linux-based mobile platforms are on the rise. According to research firm Gartner, the Android platform will command 50 percent of the smartphone market by 2012 and 40 percent of the tablet market by 2015. This fast-paced success can be attributed to using Linux as a foundation for development.

“Linux and open source software are dominant in mobile software platforms and are being used by our customers around the globe for customizing their devices and services,” said Antti Aumo, Vice President, Global Solutions at Ixonos. “By joining The Linux Foundation, we can increase our collaboration on the development of Linux-based mobile platforms and advance efforts for our customers and partners.”

“Linux is providing the foundation for next-generation mobile computing, and companies like Ixonos understand that collaboration with the community can accelerate innovation in this area,” said Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer programs at The Linux Foundation. “The Linux Foundation welcomes Ixonos as its newest member and looks forward to its contributions.”

Ixonos has partnerships with other Linux market leaders, including IBM, Intel and Oracle, among others. It recently announced the first 3D user interface to run on MeeGo at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing.

For more information, please contact:

Antti Aumo, Vice President, Global Solutions, tel. +358 40 505 0477, antti.aumo/at/ixonos.com

Links:
Linux Foundation’s website : http://www.linuxfoundation.org/

Solutions Linux Open Source will be held in Paris, France, on 10 – 12 May 2011. The venue is CNIT, Paris La Défense, Hall Marie Curie. 220 exhibitors and 10,000 visitors are expected to take part in the event.

Ixonos will exhibit by Intel’s invitation at the MeeGo Zone, showcasing latest MeeGo showcases, such as the first in the world MeeGo 3D user interface which includes Sony’s Crackle video streaming service as a 3D mobile application showcase.

Visit the event website: http://www.solutionslinux.fr/?lg=en

For more information, please contact
Antti Vuolli, Director, Key Customer Accounts, tel. +358 50 487 4172, antti.vuolli/at/ixonos.com

The City Online network, headed by Ixonos, consists of companies with a shared long-term commitment to promote municipal e-government. Ixonos offers e-government services that are customised to the municipal sector. The services are provided through the cloud, using the SaaS (software as a service) model. After signing a co-operation agreement with Arcusys and Cerion, Ixonos will make available in the City Online cloud the services developed by the other network members.

The City Online cloud services conform to a predefined and reliably tested model that meets the requirements of the KuntaIT e-government architecture. Municipalities can rapidly deploy this uniform and reliable e-government package, cutting down on project investments, licence and application procurement and employee workload. “The cloud-based e-government environment is a managed entity that provides all application solutions with services in accordance with the life cycle model. This allows municipalities to improve their customer service orientation”, says Teppo Kuisma, head of Ixonos’ Business Solutions unit.

Arcusys Ltd. is an IT service company specialised in services and information system solutions for the industrial, health care and public administration sectors. The company implements the SeRA project, an energy-efficient, high quality solution for regional construction. The solution is managed by the city of Oulu and it conforms to the model Ixonos has defined for local e-government. Municipalities can use SeRA as a tool for proactive quality control in the design, implementation and operating phases of construction projects.

Cerion Ltd, a Finnish expert company in the development of operations and information management, has devised SoTe Cockpit, a development service for social and health services management. The service helps municipalities efficiently anticipate and plan their various service requirements. It can be used to reform and further develop reporting, analysis and management models as well as to manage operations in accordance with the updated management model. SoTe Cockpit is available in the City Online cloud under uniform policies.

“The City Online network and our jointly developed cloud services are based on openness. This is reflected by the cloud architecture and our shared approach as well as by the service development model of the network members”, Teppo Kuisma explains. “Our network is open to all suppliers wishing to launch their e-government services in an evolving and reliable cloud environment.”

For more information, please contact:
Ixonos:
- Teppo Kuisma, Head of Business Unit, Business Solutions, tel. +358 50 581 4075, teppo.kuisma/atixonos.com

Links:
- Arcusys Ltd.: http://www.arcusys.fi/en/etusivu
- Cerion Solutions Ltd: http://cerion.fi/en/