Cloud computing exists at the forefront of technology modernization, widely accepted as the obvious path toward IT efficiency. Headquartered in St. Louis since its founding in 2008, Hexagrid Computing is considered a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company embodies the belief that technology should simplify IT delivery through functional, implementable solutions that save time and money. Hexagrid’s revolutionary VxDatacenter software does just that by addressing practical business needs for flexible and affordable cloud computing solutions that deliver all the efficiencies but minimize the hassles of this latest computing revolution.

Hexagrid provides all the software and support that businesses need to successfully build customized private or public clouds to address their unique business needs. Unlike renting cloud from incumbent vendors, Hexagrid enables companies to own cloud capabilities that maximize the performance, agility, and scalability of their own hardware and datacenter space. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid’s VxDatacenter allows businesses to retain current IT delivery models while immediately reducing IT costs and improving IT efficiencies.

Expected cloud efficiencies and cost savings are amplified by VxDatacenter’s expansive functionality. This comprehensive cloud solution eliminates the need for expensive add-ons and piecemealed 3rd-party software. With unprecedented control and agility, cloud owners reduce energy consumption and manage more IT resources with less human resources. IT staff with VXDatacenter avoid time on manual IT tasks and focus that time on value-added end-user support such as innovative IT solutions to improve productivity. VxDatacenter also allows end-users to manage some IT requirements without administrator intervention—the tightly integrated platform provides for total IT accountability through integrated billing, accounting, auditing, and tracking systems with single-pane-of-glass management.

In November 2009, Hexagrid brought VxDatacenter out of beta and into general availability. Throughout 2010, the platform’s premium cloud computing capabilities were adopted by worldwide companies in the telecommunications, healthcare, financial, and datacenter services industries. As a result, Hexagrid more than doubled in size but remains a small business with fewer than 50 employees between its two offices in St. Louis, MO and Hyderabad, India. The company plans to double again in 2011 as cloud computing becomes more widely accepted and VxDatacenter continues to gain recognition as a preferred cloud platform.

In the St. Louis Region, Hexagrid’s VxDatacenter has been adopted by a wide range of organizations from small healthcare businesses to large IT service providers and multiple universities. Hexagrid not only develops and sells software that improves IT processes/productivity and reduces costs/cycle times, but the company supports regional economic progress and technology innovation through local partnerships.

For example, Hexagrid partnered with ITenterprises at the University of Missouri–St. Louis to support innovative technology startups in the region. In 2010, Hexagrid donated software licensing and support services that enables ITenterprises to deliver cloud computing services to a wide range of end-users who would otherwise be unable to access this quality of IT resources at a cost-effective price. In addition, the cloud computing technology itself is a springboard for innovation.