Kamatera is a US-based

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founded in 1995. Kamatera provides

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(IaaS) platforms to deploy

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s (VPS) across their network of

data center A data center is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Since IT operations are crucial for busines ...

History

Kamatera's parent company, The OMC Group, was founded in 1995 by brothers Assaf and Yohai Azulai. The OMC Group owns several subsidiaries operating in the fields of cloud computing and software development, including ReutOne, which provides CRM software, Tyco, a website development company, and several cloud infrastructure companies including ClubVPS, GNS Cloud Solutions, VPSServer.com, CaaB-Cloud as a Business, JetServer, and Kamatera. In 2023, Kamatera acquired VPSServer.com, a Netherlands-based cloud hosting provider that had been operating for over six years. VPSServer.com operated out of 16 data centers in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. As of 2024, Kamatera operates out of data centers in 24 locations across

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, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Reviews

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noted that Kamatera offers flexible, affordable cloud VPS hosting with a global data center network, but it's best for experienced users ZDNET reviewed Kamatera as a highly scalable VPS hosting provider, however backups cost extra. A review by ''Website Planet'' noted its loading speeds as being "twice as fast in some instances" compared to Microsoft Azure. '' Cybernews'' highlighted that while the platform is user-friendly, deploying a server requires a degree of technical expertise. Techradar rated Kamatera the best IaaS provider for enterprise companies, citing the wide range of services and global data center distribution.

Products

Kamatera provides

cloud server A virtual private server (VPS) or virtual dedicated server (VDS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting company. A virtual private server runs its own copy of an operating system (OS), and customers may have superuser-le ...

virtual private cloud A virtual private cloud (VPC) is an on-demand configurable pool of shared resources allocated within a '' public cloud'' environment, providing a certain level of isolation between the different organizations (denoted as ''users'' hereafter) usi ...

, cloud firewalls, load balancers,

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options, and managed cloud. Kamatera's server infrastructure is built on

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Scalable platinum processors, with NVMe storage, DDR5 RAM, 25Gbit/s network interfaces, and customizable memory configurations. It supports multiple operating systems, including

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operating systems (versions 2008–2022). It also provides support for

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and Linux-based operating systems, including

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, CloudLinux,

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, Rocky Linux, and

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. The company maintains a 99.95% uptime guarantee.{{Cite web , last=Singh , first=Nitish , date=2024-10-07 , title=13 Best Docker Hosting Provider for Your Containers , url=https://geekflare.com/hosting/best-docker-hosting-providers/ , access-date=2025-02-24 , website=Geekflare , language=en-US

References

External links

Official website
American companies established in 1995