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Quantix
THE CLOUD
• UK Centric Infrastructure• Ability to expand to global network• Built on “best of breed” technology (Quantix Cloud Alliance)
THE COMPANY
• Award winning Managed Service Provider• Established, Profitable & Experienced
• Fully Managed 24x7 by a team of 30+ accredited consultants
Quantix COMPANY HISTORY
1995: Services Division within Sphinx CST1999: Created unique range of remote Managed Services2002: De-merged from Sphinx to form Quantix to focus2004: “Best PS Solution” at CNA 20042007: Quantix MBO, backed by ISIS Equity Partners2008: Investment into Cloud Platform2009: Launch of Rapid Recovery & Oracloud2010: Launch of ExchangeCloud
QUANTIX 2009 FINANCIALS
• Turnover: £9.5m• Net Profit: £2m• Cash balance: £2.5m• 7,830 support cases solved, over 2,000 consulting days delivered.
Quantix Cloud Infrastructure
Backup Storage
Cloud DRWakefield
Cloud PrimaryDerby
Tertiary DCNorthampton
DC Interconnect
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DC Interconnect
VMware Replication
SAN Replication & Backups
10Gb Ethernet Ring
ISP ONE
ISP FOUR
ISP TWO
ISP THREE
Resource Pools
Common problems with in house e-mail
•Overhead of 24x7 management cost
•Cost of storage and infrastructure resources
•Plans to upgrade to 2010 and future releases
•Maintaining a separate archive solution
High Costs
•Typically single site deployments
• Disaster recovery times from 24 hours upwards
•Poor Connectivity resilience (in comparison)
Lack of resilience
• Rigid licencing model
• Typically physical constraints
• Multiple Exchange servers, increases complexity
•Difficult to rapidly expand or contract
Poor Scalability
Common problems with hosted e-mail
•Customers have to adopt a vanilla, shared mail server platform
•Virus’s, Trojans & performance can easily impact other customers
•Services typically offered by “supermarket” hosting companies
•Mail not guaranteed to be held in the UK
One size fits all
•Many services offer e-mail through a web client
• Users typically have to sign in to the mail services
•IT helpdesk lack the tools to support users
•Limited Outlook archiving integration
Poor user experience
•Often poor or no Active Directory integration
•Impossible to integrate third party applications
•Internal PCI and audit tools unable to gain access
•Remote Access solutions often disjointed from company standard
Lack of Integration
Security Concerns
Reduced Costs
ExchangeCloud vs in house e-mail
Improved Resilience
Cloud Scalability
•Only pay for the resources you need•We remove the expensive overhead of managing Exchange•A predictable annual cost, removing any uncertainty
•Resilient across multiple physical hosts and 2 UK data centres•Carrier grade connectivity resilience•A large experienced 24x7 support team
• Increase & decrease users and storage on demand• Resources can be purchased on a per unit basis• Our large resources provide unrivalled scalability
Dedicated Environment
ExchangeCloud vs traditional hosted e-mail
Seamless user experience
Full network integration
•A minimum of x3 dedicated servers (FE, BE & DC)•Enterprise level security•Best practice Exchange build
•E-mail is delivered as an “in-house” solution•Archiving can be integrated with Outlook•Dedicated technical managers will integrate with your support team
• Sync with Active Directory• Site to Site VPN allows network integration• Integrate 3rd party applications with your mail environment
Visit our website at http://www.exchangecloud.co.uk
Or contact:
Andrew SlaterDirector of Cloud Services
Tel: 0115 9836197E-Mail: [email protected]