September 28, 2015 | By Greg Dougherty
Opti9 (formerly “opti9”) has expanded its long-time relationship with Cologix to launch its fully managed Private Cloud solution within Cologix’s MTL 2 facility in Montréal. The partnership enables Opti9 to utilize the data center’s dynamic, neutral ecosystem to offer its Canadian customers a fully managed, custom cloud platform that addresses their IT security, scalability, and performance needs.
Opti9’s fully managed VMware Private Cloud is fully managed, enabling customers to repurpose high-value IT employees to focus on their core business. In addition to managing all data center and networking elements, cloud management tools, virtual server software stacks, and more, Opti9 also offers its Private Cloud customers access to cloud-based Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), powered by Zerto. Customers can also interconnect their Private Cloud environments with Bare Metal and Public Cloud instances to take advantage of Hybrid Cloud capabilities. With features like multiple SAN options, dedicated connectivity to redundant NFS / CIFS Cloud Storage, DR options across multiple global data centers, and seamless scalability from on-premise Clouds via VMware vCloud® Connector™, Opti9’s Private Cloud is utilized by customers such as enterprise and healthcare providers, who require more secure infrastructure customized to meet their unique compliance and redundancy requirements.
Located at 3000 René Lévesque, the Canadian home of Opti9’s Private Cloud offers attractive power rates, more responsive service, expansive connectivity, and a strong business development ecosystem for future growth, alongside a strategic location as a gateway market to Europe. Another key added benefit is Cologix’s Remote Hands service, providing Opti9 and its Private Cloud customers with improved remote assistance for diagnostic, logistical, and other key data center tasks.