Businesses today face pressure from multiple areas, notably compliance challenges relating to local laws and issues around data sovereignty. These challenges impact many organisations’ decisions about when or whether to move to the cloud. While enterprises appreciate the scalability of the cloud, regulatory demands mean they still require the control and compliance associated with on-premises infrastructure.
ETS Prime Cloud provides local data residency, high-performance infrastructure, and secure hosting. This solution is a response to both client feedback and increasing demands from the market, according to Ahmed Jassat, service delivery manager at ETS.
Addressing Enterprise Needs
ETS Prime Cloud directly addresses enterprise needs by providing local data residency, high-performance infrastructure, and secure hosting. Its capabilities also position the platform to serve as a reliable disaster recovery site. In essence, it is a solution designed to meet the growing demand for secure, enterprise-grade cloud services in southern Africa.
Many customers recognise the benefits of Oracle cloud, but since the organisation does not have a second data centre in the country, using Oracle meant they could fall foul of data sovereignty regulations. Prime Cloud not only solves this issue but is able to offer an SADC-wide cloud in a single, accessible platform.
Key Features and Benefits
Prime Cloud is a virtual extension of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and offers customers both infrastructure and platform as a service options, delivering the full OCI experience, with the added benefit of ensuring data sovereignty. The solution also delivers improved performance, thanks to reduced latency, as well as faster recovery times in respect of disaster recovery, thanks to real-time replication.
Furthermore, it provides high availability thanks to its robust environment that uses the latest hardware available from Oracle. As a data centre partner, the company has chosen NTT, thanks to the high quality of its security, along with its power and cooling facilities, and its strong connectivity.
Managed Operations and Support
ETS also offers a managed operations solution that provides clients with a skilled delivery team that can assist with infrastructure optimisation, virtualisation, and database and application administration. They provide complete support for whatever environment the customer utilises, while on the storage side, they will work with the client’s architects to understand and implement the type of storage required.
ETS Prime Cloud offers everything a local enterprise requires, from complete data sovereignty and full POPIA compliance, to high performance and agility that allow for rapid, elastic deployment and scaling. In addition, as infrastructure consolidation reduces licensing, operational, and power costs, it demonstrates fantastic cost-effectiveness, while also ensuring predictable monthly billing.
The solution also delivers resilience through built-in redundancy with Oracle data guard and enterprise-grade disaster recovery. Ultimately, ETS Prime Cloud has been developed to provide clients with the best, most secure, completely compliant, and truly cost-effective solution – one that can be tailored to suit their specific business needs, according to Jassat.
As the demand for secure and compliant cloud services continues to grow, ETS Prime Cloud is well-positioned to meet the needs of enterprises in southern Africa. With its robust infrastructure, high-performance capabilities, and commitment to data sovereignty, it is likely to play a significant role in the region’s cloud computing setup.
The company’s focus on data sovereignty is particularly important, as it allows clients to maintain control over their data. This is a key consideration for many organisations, especially those in regulated industries.
ETS Prime Cloud also provides a range of benefits for clients, including improved performance, reduced latency, and faster recovery times. These benefits are made possible by the solution’s robust environment and the latest hardware available from Oracle.
In terms of support, ETS offers a managed operations solution that provides clients with a skilled delivery team. This team can assist with infrastructure optimisation, virtualisation, and database and application administration, among other things.
Overall, ETS Prime Cloud is a full solution that meets the needs of enterprises in southern Africa. It provides a range of benefits, including complete data sovereignty, full POPIA compliance, and high performance, making it an attractive option for organisations looking to move to the cloud.
The solution’s commitment to data sovereignty is particularly important, as it allows clients to maintain control over their data. This is a key consideration for many organisations, especially those in regulated industries.
ETS Prime Cloud is well-positioned to meet the needs of enterprises in southern Africa, with its robust infrastructure, high-performance capabilities, and commitment to data sovereignty. The company’s focus on providing a secure, compliant, and cost-effective solution makes it an attractive option for organisations looking to move to the cloud.
