CLOUD8: Microsoft Azure services in Cyprus at CL8 - Azure Stack HCI

Public Cloud, Local Data Centers and on-premises IT

Enterprises now have the choice not to buy and manage their own IT infrastructure and outsource to the Cloud and Private Data Centers. Enterprises move to Private Data Centers and to the Cloud because they can’t scale inside their own data center and some still don’t have a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan.

The cloud benefits are very important and necessary; technology, financials, business, scalability, seasonality, technology on-demand, time to market and off course lower costs.

Businesses can enjoy the benefits such as simpler maintenance and improved scalability, by combining local data center services with worldwide cloud leaders.

The optimum is to engage both, depending of course on the business and technical needs.

Our Value Proposition: Extent your local Data Center Infrastructure to the Public Cloud

Businesses may need local presence for a number of reasons. There are regulatory and compliance reason depending on the type of Industry you are in. It may be a must to have IT presence in the country to be compliant. Those who need presence in the EU may be based in Cyprus due to attractive taxation and the country’s standard of living, low crime and geographical position; between Asia, Africa, the Middle East and EU off course.

Utilizing a local data center which can extend to the public cloud in a unified, high available and secure architecture is a great advantage for the following reasons:

• Local Presence, complete potential skill gaps with a personalized approach;

• Point-to-point connections, member of the local internet network, no dependency on international Internet;

• Guaranteed network latency at local network levels;

• Flexibility: Colocation and Bare-Metal;

• Easier to control costs;

• DR office available. Designated office to work;

Combining the above benefits of a local data center with the public cloud increases the benefits even further by offering:

• Global presence;

• Economies of scale;

• Rich product offerings;

• Unlimited scalability;

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is the preferred way to deploy servers in the data center and the preferred way to lower costs, improve performance and availability, and simplify operations. In short, HCI is a software-defined, unified system that combines all the elements of a traditional data center: storage, compute, networking and management. With HCI you can Build a private cloud, Extend to the public cloud and build a hybrid cloud!

Microsoft has recently announced the new Azure Stack HCI – a hyperconverged infrastructure host operating system delivered as an Azure service, seamlessly connecting to Azure public cloud.

You can run Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs) in the data center or at the edge using existing tools, processes, and skill sets. It consists of between 2 and 16 physical and validated servers running a specialized operating system purposely defined for hyperconverged infrastructure. You can then extend your data center to the cloud with Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, and Azure Security Center.

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/overview

There are many use cases for Azure Stack HCI and the most popular are: Data center consolidation and modernization, Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), Highly performant SQL Server, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Disaster recovery for virtualized workloads and Scale-out storage.

Who are we?

Cloudlayer8 (CL8) is the only carrier neutral, state of the art Tier III Data Center in Cyprus offering cutting-edge Data Center services, Cloud and Managed services. The company’s mission is to provide secure, scalable and highly available Data Center services to business whose Information Technology is critical to their business success.

Why CL8?

CL8 can be the business strategic partner in Digital Transformation. Our unique capabilities to offer technology as-a-service elevate our deliverable to the top. We offer the technology transformation building block at a reasonable cost justifying the investment.

The CL8 Cloud can enable you to support your business 24-hour and engage with your customers, adapt to demand and unexpected circumstances in real time. CL8 Unified Public Cloud Architecture enables businesses to utilize Office 365 and Azure offerings like IoT, Big Data from a single provider. Work from home, mobility, collaboration and teamwork are the building foundations of digital transformation and CL8 is in the unique position to offer them being located in Cyprus, avoiding the need to use international internet, when not needed.

Our challenger mindset drives our customer transformation engagements. We actively listen, study the business needs, and “challenge” the decision makers to evaluate new ideas, from different points of view, because we understand their business and technology.

Cloud computing is a service, not a tangible item; so we guarantee our services and support with money back guaranteed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure our customers of our dedicated services.

Feel free to contact me any time to discuss your cloud and data center modernization at +357 25 022900 or email me at [email protected]

Theodosis Theodosiou

Business Development Manager