GLASGOW, Scotland, November 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Managed hosting and cloud services provider iomart (AIM: IOM)
has partnered with OnApp to launch a new cloud-in-a-box solution
for small businesses and enterprise IT departments. The new
solution combines OnApp Enterprise private cloud software with
Intel® hardware to create a turnkey appliance that can be deployed
on premises, or hosted by iomart, with self-managed and fully
managed options available for each approach. By combining its
experience in hosted cloud and managed services, with OnApp's
streamlined and intuitive private cloud management software, iomart
can deliver private and hybrid cloud that is significantly more
cost-effective and easier to manage than other solutions.
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The new cloud-in-a-box solution is available now with a unique
'try before you buy' scheme that takes companies from
proof-of-concept into production without any additional
configuration or migration work. It is designed for companies
looking to virtualise and consolidate traditional IT into a more
cost-effective integrated appliance; to bring cloud automation and
efficiency to their business without requiring an army of
technicians; and to simplify the management of workloads across
on-premises and hosted cloud infrastructure, using a single,
unified cloud platform.
"OnApp is the perfect cloud solution for businesses that don't
want to hire an army of certified professionals to build and
administer their cloud, or invest in the cost and complexity of
running a complete VMware or Azure stack," said Neil Christie, iomart's Commercial Director.
"Our new private cloud solution delivers rock-solid virtualisation,
automated cloud management, software-defined storage and the robust
security and access controls you need, at a fraction of the cost -
and we can manage the whole environment for you, in your data
centre or ours."
United Hosting, a managed hosting brand within iomart, already
uses OnApp. "OnApp provides our customers with cost-effective
hosting that's 100 per cent available. The self-healing technology
means VM uptime is never interrupted by hardware failure,"
explained Martin Cole, United
Hosting's Sales Director. "It allows us to offer highly available
and instantly scalable solutions to our customers. It's the
flexibility and ease of use that our customers love."
The wider offering from the whole of the iomart group of
companies will allow many more of its customers to benefit. "With
its OnApp hosting and managed services experience, iomart is
perfectly placed to help companies choose the right mix of managed,
unmanaged, hosted and on-premises cloud," said Alistair Wildman, Chief Revenue Officer for
OnApp. "OnApp Enterprise is a truly turnkey cloud solution that
brings the public cloud experience to the enterprise data centre at
a radically different price point - and working with iomart enables
companies to take full advantage of whatever mix of on-premises and
hosted private cloud works best for their applications and
data."
iomart's new cloud solutions are based on Intel® 2u, 4-node
servers with OnApp pre-installed and ready to run. They also
include OnApp's global 24x7 support. For hosted private cloud
options, iomart offers a choice of eight data centre locations in
the UK and a further 19 across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. iomart provides a range of
supporting services to help customers migrate workloads to its
private cloud solution, and offers dedicated connectivity between
on-premises clouds and its hosted clouds, to create ultra-low
latency, hybrid cloud environments.
About iomart Group plc
iomart Group PLC (AIM: IOM) helps organisations maximise the
flexibility, cost effectiveness and security of the cloud. From
strategy to delivery, our 300+ consultants and solutions architects
provide the cloud expertise to transform your business. With a
dynamic range of managed cloud services that integrate with the
public clouds of AWS and Azure, our agnostic approach delivers
solutions tailored to your exact needs. iomart is a long-term
supplier to G-Cloud and our infrastructure and cloud and backup
services are designed to meet the requirements of the UK public
sector. To find out more about our managed cloud services visit
www.iomart.com
About OnApp
OnApp is a complete cloud management software platform for
service providers and enterprises. The OnApp cloud platform enables
hosts, telcos and other service providers to sell the complete
range of Infrastructure-as-a-Service products. For enterprises,
OnApp provides a turnkey solution for private and hybrid cloud,
enabling IT departments to automate infrastructure management,
reduce support costs, and simplify provisioning of IT resources to
departments and users.
OnApp launched in July 2010. Today
more than 3,500 companies in 93 countries run their cloud services
on OnApp software. OnApp has 170 staff across the EU, U.S. and
Asia-Pacific and is headquartered
in London, UK. For more
information, visit http://onapp.com or contact press@onapp.com.
Media Contact:
Jane Robertson
PR Manager
jane.robertson@iomart.com
+44-(0)-141-931-6400
SOURCE iomart Group PLC