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Welcome to Platform Lab

Platform Lab provides the best value -- for any company, anywhere -- to conduct IT test projects.

Platform Lab provides a competitive advantage to our clients by offering short term physical or remote access to IT hardware, software and massive bandwidth for all types of companies for the explicit purpose of IT testing and projects.

Clients save 50% to 96% on infrastructure by conducting their IT test projects at Platform Lab.

Do you want to gain a competitive advantage?

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Events Calendar

02/08   VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4]

02/09   VMware User Group - Public Sector

02/09   Blue Waters Seminar on Petascale Computing

02/10   Reliable, Available, Secure, Performance (RASP) Platform Overview

02/10   CPO - South Meeting

02/16   Central Ohio VMware Users Group

02/17   MATLAB Training Series

02/17   State of Ohio Cyber Summit

02/18   TechColumbus New Member Mixer

02/19   Regional Entrepreneur Forum - Public Welcome

02/19   GPGPU Computation and Visualization Seminar

02/23   Dell Update/Roadmap for the Ohio Public Sector

02/23   VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab

02/23   Vivit Central Ohio QC Group

02/25   Business Breakfast: Advanced Selling Tips for the Economic Comeback with Senior VP of Signature Worldwide

02/25   Leadership Series: The Crosley's - Two Brother's and a Business Empire That Transformed The Nation

02/28   Columbus Dispatch supports passage of Thrid Frontier Bond Issue

02/28   Virtualization Guide Overview

02/28   Platform Lab celebrates 8 years of service

02/28   Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing

02/28   Best Practices for Microsoft Virtualization courtesy of NetApp

Platform Lab 2009 Price Card

Platform Lab staff builds each custom configuration to client specification. Please note, Platform Lab has outstanding relationships with numerous hardware and software vendors. If your firm requires resources not found on our current lists, please contact us in advance - we will make every effort to acquire your targeted resources for your project.

Please review our Current Resources, prior to contacting Platform Lab.

Load and Stress Testing

Load/Stress example
Load test infrastructure will be allocated on a per core, per GB RAM basis: Each 1 core and 2 GB RAM will be available for $50/week. Bandwidth will be available for $3/Mb per day based on peak usage. Platform Lab will load operating systems and selected software configured to your specification for $100/hour. Platform Lab can acquire load test software on demand for a variety of load test applications; however 100% of any cost incurred is passed along to the client.

EXAMPLE: A 2500 concurrent user load test that requires 8 cores and 16 GB RAM with operating system and software loaded along with one day of 25 Mb of bandwidth will cost approximately $575 per week.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing example
Cloud Computing will be allocated on a per core, per GB RAM basis: Each 1 core and 2 GB RAM will be available for $20/day or $50/week. Bandwidth will be available for $1 per Mb per hour or $3/Mb per day based on peak usage. Platform Lab will load operating systems and selected software configured to your specification for $100/hour.

EXAMPLE: An infrastructure that requires 50 cores and 100 GB RAM with operating system and software loaded along with one day of 25 Mb of bandwidth will cost approximately $2,900 per week or $1,400 per day.

Disaster Recovery Plan Evaluation

Disaster Recovery example
EXAMPLE: 9 hardware devices – consisting of most in-stock servers, tape drives, storage and network devices – with operating systems and selected software, configured to your specification at any of the four Platform Lab locations for approximately $3,600 per week. Platform Lab will also deliver a test Lab environment to a client site at a moderate delivery charge.

Proof of Concept Evaluation

Proof-of-Concept examples
EXAMPLE Virtual Environment:
12 devices – consisting of virtual machines, storage and network devices – with operating systems and selected software, configured to your specification and delivered via VPN or RDP for approximately $600 per week. Platform Lab can acquire software on demand for a variety of proof-of-concept evaluations, however 100% of any cost incurred is passed along to the client.

EXAMPLE Physical Environment:
12 hardware devices – consisting of in-stock servers, storage and network devices – with operating systems and selected software, configured to your specification at any of the four Platform Lab locations for approximately $5,600 per week. Platform Lab can acquire hardware and software on demand for a variety of proof-of-concept evaluations, however 100% of any cost incurred is passed along to the client. Platform Lab will also deliver a test Lab environment to a client site at a moderate delivery charge.

IT Classroom Training

Training Center example – Columbus facility only
16 seats/1 instructor station - 17 Dell GX620 workstations each with a 3.2 GHz Intel processor, 2 GB RAM and 80 GB disk, hardwired connectivity, Microsoft XP Pro/Office, 17" LCD monitors, Dell XGA projector, wireless hub, 4 whiteboards, network printer, in-room thermostat; Coffee station, refrigerator, quiet, comfortable, secure environment with 36” student workspaces.

Available for $500/day, plus set-up cost is $100/hour; normal set up for a class is one hour.

Bandwidth Capability

Beginning 7/1/2009, bandwidth is allocated to clients on a per Mb, per day basis for $3/Mb/day. Bandwidth requests over 100 Mb cost $1/Mb/hour, per client request. Bandwidth is available for test purposes only.

Discounts Available

Organizations that belong to TechColumbus, Ohio IT Alliance, The Circuit, Technology First, NEOSA, Toledo Regional Growth Partnership or IT Alliance Appalachia Ohio receive a 10% discount. Firms that contract for multi-week engagements may also be eligible for discounts.

Notes of Interest

Platform Lab is in high demand; please contact us as soon as possible prior to your test project. We do not work with minimum set up requirements, however two weeks advance notice is preferred. Initial utilization of Platform Lab requires a signed agreement in place. As a non-profit, Platform Lab will pass along 100% of any rental fee associated with a clients’ configuration to the client. Often, with proper advance notice, Platform Lab can secure testing resources on loan without incurring cost, so no additional client cost is incurred.


For more information please call (614) 675-3711 or Contact Us via email.