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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

(mt) Media Temple, a leading provider of web hosting and cloud services, together with Morphlabs and Dell, announce the availability of Helix - a new high-performance OpenStack private cloud service.

Helix makes it easy for any business to have their own private share nothing cloud while keeping costs low, said Media Temple CTO Albert Lopez. Helix delivers control, security, simplicity, and support for one flat monthly price. It gives everyone, from established brands to emerging start-ups, a way to instantly tap into the power and flexibility of cloud computing.

Media Temples new Helix service is based on the high-performance private cloud building blocks designed by Morphlabs via the Dell Emerging Solutions Platform Partner Program. This service leverages Dells power-dense and energy-efficient PowerEdge C6220 server system with solid state disks (SSD) and Dells Crowbar software framework. Combined with the fast-growing OpenStack open source cloud underpinnings as well as the sophisticated mCloud orchestration and dashboard, the solution is able to support 80 virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and 3TB in a single 2U C6220 chassis, and all at under 700 watts of power consumption.

Together with Dell, we bring a best of class service to our customer base configured and customized exactly as they need, adds Media Temple President and COO Russ Reeder. Its collaborations like these that let both companies do what they do best for the market.

Customers adopting the Helix private cloud service also benefit from Media Temples 24x7 support center for system help, training, and solutions.

Media Temple has a winner with the Helix Private Cloud, said Media Temple customer and Mobile Roadie CTO Steve Schroeder. It's awesome. Now I can exceed my applications' performance demands and match our rapid growth all while staying within our budget. As a CTO, it hits all of my check boxes and lets me focus on our application.

Morphlabs is encouraged that a premium hosting provider like Media Temple is basing its Helix private cloud service around our mCloud technology, said Morphlabs CEO Winston Damarillo. With mClouds unmatched energy efficiency standards, Media Temple can decrease the carbon footprint within its data centers, passing significant operational savings on to its customers in the form of an efficient, scalable and affordable private cloud solution to meet the most demanding requirements of its growing customer base."

Providing compelling solutions for a growing marketplace is a collaborative effort, said John Igoe, executive director of cloud and big data solutions at Dell. Media Temples Helix Private Cloud Service exemplifies the amazing innovations that came out of our work with Morphlabs in the Dell Emerging Solutions Platform Partner Program.

Media Temple will be featuring the Helix cloud service at the OpenStack Summit, October 15-18 in San Diego, Calif. at the Media Temple Morphlabs booth. Helix, currently in a private beta, will be available from Media Temple before the end of 2012. If you are interested in more information, please visit http://www.mediatemple.com/helix.

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