ICMA Selects Clearpath Hosting to Maximize Uptime During Site Launch
Partnership supplies ICMA with uptime scalability for website overhaul

Reston, VA (May 24, 2010)-– ICMA, a professional and educational organization for appointed local administrators, selected Clearpath Hosting services after trying the services of much larger providers.  After several years of alternating between a variety of inflexible providers, Clearpath Hosting was selected due to its resilient cloud infrastructure and consumption based resources model.

When ICMA decided to update their website infrastructure, adding an array of new highly interactive features, they realized the current systems and data center lacked the performance and capability necessary to handle the projected web traffic from around the globe. By outsourcing to a Clearpath Hosting, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, ICMA was able to focus personnel on their applications, instead of the equipment and infrastructure used to support it. Clearpath Hosting accomplished this through the use of virtual machines hosted on the Clearpath Cloud.

ICMA provides publications, data, and technical assistance and training to thousands of city, town, and county experts, supporting nearly 9,000 members worldwide. With Clearpath Hosting, ICMA found the flexibility and scalability needed during to launch of their new web services.

About ICMA
ICMA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers a wide range of services to its members and the local government community.  The organization is an internationally recognized publisher of information resources ranging from textbooks and survey data to topical newsletters and e-publications. ICMA provides technical assistance to local governments in emerging democracies, helping them to develop professional practices and ethical, transparent governments.  The organization performs a wide range of mission-driven grant and contract-funded work both in the U.S. and Internationally, which is supported by federal government agencies, foundations, and corporations.

For more information about ICMA, visit www.icma.org.

About Clearpath Hosting                                        
Clearpath Hosting is a subsidiary of Clearpath Solutions Group, a leading provider of IT infrastructure solutions and consulting services to over 300 clients across a wide spectrum of industries. With a focus on data management solutions, Clearpath seeks to empower its clients by providing access to the latest technologies and now an “Infrastructure as a Service” approach to managing business networks. Learn more by contacting us at info@clearpathhosting.com or 866-892-3154.