catalyst [kat-l-ist] noun – A person or thing that precipitates an event or change. also SoftLayer’s killer startup incubator program.
It’s official, Catalyst has launched on the SoftLayer website:
You’ve heard us talk about SoftLayer’s ongoing involvement with entrepreneurs, incubators, accelerators and startup events, but for the most part, we’ve been flying “under the radar” without an official presence on SoftLayer’s website. The Catalyst team has been busy building relationships with more than 50 of the world’s best startup-focused organizations, and we’ve been working directly with hundreds of startups and entrepreneurs to provide some pretty unique resources:
$1,000/month Hosting Credit
SoftLayer is the world’s most advanced cloud, dedicated and hybrid hosting company. We integrate best-in-class technology and connectivity into the industry’s only fully-automated platform, empowering startups with complete access, control, security and scalability. Startups in Catalyst get a $1000/month credit for hosting for one full year. That includes dedicated servers, cloud servers or a hybrid compute environment.
Mentorship from SoftLayer Innovation Team
You’ll get connected with SoftLayer’s award-winning Innovation Team. These are the über smart guys who created the SoftLayer Automated Platform. They’re our most senior technology team, and they’re experts at things like massively scalable software and hardware architectures, cloud, globally distributed computing, security, “Big Data” databases and all the other crazy new “best and next” practices in modern and forward-looking compute.
Increased Market Visibility
Catalyst startups receive marketing opportunities with SoftLayer like guest blog posts on the InnerLayer, video interviews, white papers and use cases to help you tell the world about the cool stuff you’re doing. When you’re out of Beta, ask about our Technology Partners Marketplace, which exposes you to thousands of our customers.
Empowering entrepreneurs and startups is a core principle for SoftLayer, and we’re doing everything we can to provide the platform for the next Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. The Catalyst page on our website might be brand new, but the startup companies in Catalyst today are already taking advantage of $100,000+ of free hosting … every month. How is that possible? We’ve got friends in the right places:
Cultivating a pipeline of amazing startup companies has been easy, thanks to organizations like the TechStars Global Accelerator Network and the other featured partners we’re recognizing this month. Without any official “public” presence, we’ve become a go-to resource in the startup community … Having a Catalyst site to call “home” is just icing on the cake. If you have a few minutes and you want to learn more about whether SoftLayer may be able to help you build your idea or fuel your startup, head over to the Catalyst startup incubator page and submit a quick application.
Join Catalyst » See Change.