Infrastructure as a Service
Cost effective, secure, reliable ICT on-demand with transparent costs and no capital investment
At a time when organisations are asked to do more with less Cloud computing offers a solution: virtually limitless, cost-effective ICT resources on demand. Pay for what you use and if you need to add more capacity to handle peak load add it within minutes. Reduce the need for ongoing and often substantial levels of capital investment and purchase through operating budgets.
No matter how large your organisation's infrastructure there never seems to be enough IT resources. New applications compete for attention and investment and unless you anticipate those needs as part of your IT strategy and plans, you may do without. Given constantly changing business conditions you need a way to respond quickly.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), provides your computing infrastructure - typically a platform virtualisation environment - as a service. Rather than purchasing servers, software, data-centre space or network equipment, buy resources as a fully outsourced service.
The applications that run within the Cloud belong to you and operate as if they were being delivered via traditional dedicated IT equipment. Retain control of the application but no longer have the concern of managing the availability of the underlying IT infrastructure. IaaS gives you the flexibility to subscribe to the compute power and tiered storage needed today with the knowledge that the service can grow in line with your needs.
Northgate's Infrastructure as a Service
Northgate’s IAAS puts your IT assets into the Cloud and transforms your traditional server infrastructure into a dynamic environment that enables better utilisation of hardware and more flexible management of demand for computing power. This service gives your workforce access to the infrastructure, applications and data they need to achieve your strategy and satisfy financial, operational and IT priorities.
Northgate’s fully managed Cloud offering is a private Cloud service delivered on shared infrastructure across multiple centres. The service delivers computing power and tiered storage which allows for flexible performance and availability, yet still achieves physical and virtual security standards.
Our solution delivers increased cost efficiency, improved flexibility and enhanced resilience. The solution’s computing power, data storage and the associated security and connectivity delivers all this without the need for the customer to invest in hardware.
Benefits of Northgate's Infrastructure as a Service
- High availability - the solution has been designed to the highest specifications for resiliency to minimise downtime -delivered via separate data centres.
- Efficiencies- the underlying technology focuses on maximising the utilisation of computing power and disk storage resulting in less wasted resource.
- Modular growth - buy only what you need today knowing what you need tomorrow can be provisioned in a timely manner as and when you need it.
- Adaptable - new servers and applications can be quickly rolled out as the needs of the business change.
- Secure backup and recovery processes are streamlined with data replicated between data centres.
Customer Testimonial - NSPCC
“Northgate is providing NSPCC with a utility computing model. In essence we have in place a ‘pay as we use’ system which allows the NSPCC to accurately predict usage and to control costs. I am confident that over the next five years the NSPCC partnership with Northgate will allow us to optimise our use of technology and in doing so help us to work towards our main aim – ending child cruelty.”
