BrightCloud Introduction

Introduction to BrightCloud

What is Cloud Computing?

• Cloud computing is a new style of computing where IT infrastructure is available as a ubiquitous, easily accessible, and reliable utility service conceptually similar to the telephone or electricity.

• Gartner describes cloud computing as “a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service, enabling better sharing of technologies (especially multitenant applications, or virtual machines), increased automation, rapid and dynamic change, policy-driven and services-orientation, reduced complexity and autonomic response.”

• The big picture is all about reducing costs, while increasing agility and quality of service.

Who are we?

• Owned by Open Reality• Based in Abingdon and Daventry• 45 Staff, Group Turnover £6M up 24% in ended March 2010• Provider of Hosted Managed Services• Formed in 2000• 2 Docklands & 2 Outer London based data centres• First Managed Service organisation to be awarded ISO9001:2000• ISO9001:2008 accredited working towards ISO27001:2005• N3 Connected• VMWare Enterprise & Service Provider Partner• Citrix Silver Partner• Microsoft Gold• 55 accounts from partial managed service to fully maintained network &

server infrastructure

A focus on business needs

• Cloud based Service– BrightCloud Flexible Hosting is one of the new breed of Cloud

based services; Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• A Flexible offering, caters for:-– Simple requirements like a web server or mail server– Complete infrastructure virtualisation– Platform for ISV’s to offer Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Focus on Application Delivery– We ensure end to end application delivery through network

optimisation and management

Services

• Flexible Hosting Platform• Online Backup• Application Continuity• Network Optimisation• Managed Support Services• Network Management

Continual Investment & Success

• BrightCloud invested over £200k in Phase-II (Jan 09) hosting platform, and will continue to innovate to provide vital services at low cost.

• July 2010 – Phase-II reaching capacity and looking to invest £150k expanding Phase-II and commencing Phase-III with £120k investment.

Drivers for success

• Partnership with ISV’s– Allow ISV’s to concentrate on their core strengths

• Hosting new end user environments– Customers who know they need Cloud Services

• Virtualising and Migrating end user infrastructure– Project Management and Consultancy

Why do ISV’s choose BrightCloud?

• Expert Focused Business– Staff, Accreditations, Experience

• Proven track record• Commitment to process and standards

– BSI9001:2008 working to ISO27001:2005– ITIL

• Reduction in length of sales cycle by 33%– Increased chances of winning business

• Reduction in time to deploy by 50%• Understand the needs of our ISV’s and their customers

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Why do corporate businesses choose BrightCloud?

• Expert Focused Business– Staff, Accreditations, Experience

• Proven track record• Commitment to process and standards

– BSI9001:2008 working to ISO27001:2005– ITIL

• Flexible consultative approach• Long term strategy• IT Direction with associated skills

Our Cloud

• Highly Available • Tier-3 data centre• Flexible Access methods• Network Management• Application Acceleration

Your Cloud

• Monitoring– Visual front end– Alerting (email, pager, SMS)– Reporting & SLA Reporting– Portal for Administration

Application Delivery Experts

• Leaders in Network Analysis & Acceleration– Largest Network

Instruments Partner in Europe

– Bluecoat Premier Partner– Citrix Service Provider &

Solutions Partner

Our partners