Self-managed utility hosting services provider Layered Technologies announced on Thursday that it has been selected by Web 2.0 solutions provider NeXplore to host NeXplore Search, a social search engine slated for launch later this year.

NeXplore will utilize The Grid Layer hosting solution from Layered Technologies in combination with 3Tera’s virtualization software AppLogic. The bundled solution provides NeXplore with a virtual private data center for efficiently and cost-effectively operating and managing NeXplore Search as well as future NeXplore Web 2.0 products and destinations, says the company.

“Web 2.0 companies on the cutting edge need to get their products quickly to market and the ability to scale rapidly is vital,” says Todd Abrams, president and COO of Layered Technologies. “In the past, each new product or product enhancement required a steep investment in terms of time and money. With The Grid Layer, fast growing Web 2.0 companies such as NeXplore can leverage cost-effective resources from commodity hosting providers, while maintaining complete control of their applications including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning.”