Cogeco Data Services will launch its Public Cloud service early next year, which it said was Canada’s first neutral public cloud offering.
The service will provide businesses access to public, private and hybrid cloud capabilities. Customers will also have a choice between flexible enterprise-class virtual environments, including Microsoft’s Hyper-V and VMWare’s vSphere platforms. Cogeco said enterprise businesses would have the ability to host applications and workloads in the cloud using the platform of their choice.
“We take pride in being a customer-centric organization that combines best-in-class technology with a consultative approach. The development of our geo-redundant fully managed Public Cloud is another step in our mission to empower customers with solutions that enable better business agility,” said Virginia Brailey, vice president marketing and product management, Cogeco Data Services. “Our new public cloud, combined with our dedicated cloud and suite of managed IT and connectivity services provide customers with a single point solution to manage their unique IT requirements.”
The service will be hosted in Cogeco Data Services’ tier 3data centers in downtown Toronto and Barrie, the latter of which is undergoing an expansion that is slated to be wrapped up next year. Cogeco Data Services’ Public Cloud will provide customers with an option for geo-redundancy while maintaining Canadian data residency.
The service will provide access to advanced features such as virtual data center, next-generation storage performance management, hybrid capabilities and geo-redundancy supported by managed security, IT and public and private connectivity options. Businesses will also be able to manage their cloud environment through new portal capabilities that provide real-time visibility and self-management.
“Cogeco Data Services’ integrated cloud platform provides customers with the option to choose their preferred virtual environment and operate it on a secure, resilient and high availability infrastructure,” said Mark Schrutt, research vice president, services and enterprise applications, IDC Canada. “The new flexible suite is the first in Canada to include dual hypervisors on a geo-redundant public cloud platform, removing a major roadblock for the adoption of enterprise-class cloud solutions.”
