A service provider will need to on board new customers quickly and efficiently, and those customers will want to migrate to the new service seamlessly.

For the service provider Abiquo provides a simple administration interface that allows for new customers and user accounts to be created quickly. That same functionality is exposed through Abiquo’s RESTful API that enables simple integration with existing portals and customer sign up processes that the service provider has already invested in.

For the customer Abiquo provides multiple options for importing or capturing existing virtual machines. These can then be moved to the new Virtual Datacenters on the providers platform where user access to the virtual datacenters can be controlled. The customer can also set their own resource allocation limits at the virtual datacenter and maintain their own level of control over the virtual environment.

Customers are also able to add their own virtual machine images to the Abiquo application library. So they can take full advantage of the infrastructure that the service provider offers, but they are not constrained by the application templates that are already provided.