Internet Solutions accelerates cloud adoption with EMC powered t
Internet Solutions accelerates cloud adoption with EMC powered t
Convergence Partners investee, Internet Solutions, has announced that it has extended its partnership with EMC Corporation by joining the EMC Velocity Service Provider Program as a Gold Partner. IS will deliver a cost-effective, dual-site data replication solution called Cloud Rack that leverages the strong network and data centre capabilities of IS, and is powered by EMC’s storage solutions.
“IS has always had a strong relationship with EMC, as all our data centre infrastructure runs on EMC’s market-leading technology,” explains Greg Montjoie, executive: Cloud Services at IS. “EMC has provided the management tools and platform that has enabled us to deliver our enterprise-grade hosted services and architecture to the African market.”
IS aims to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based services with the Cloud Rack storage solution. “Having identified a growing demand for local enterprise-grade hosting and cloud services at an affordable cost locally, IS decided to bring this solution to market. Cloud Rack offers managed public cloud storage services, computing as a service, virtual data centres and platforms, managed SANs and data backups with full disaster recovery functionality,” he continues.
According to Montjoie, it was IS’ ability to achieve economies of scale due to its data centre capacity, carrier-grade network architecture and connectivity capabilities, built on EMC’s infrastructure, that has enabled IS to deliver these services to market at a price point that can compete with similar services offered in the United States and Europe.
IS believes these are differentiating factors: “The model makes this type of storage solution accessible, without the legacy investment usually required to implement technology of this level.