Merit TS is cloud ready

Merit Technology Solutions is proud to announce its full range of cloud computing services.

Businesses - both large-scale and SMEs - can now have all the processing power, bandwidth and security they require, without having to fork out for expensive infrastructure or deal with the expenses of owning their own servers. All business and communication needs can be met by a wide range of private, hybrid and public cloud-related services.

A leading expert in the fields of data centre cooling and data centre efficiency, Merit TS is a trustworthy partner when it comes to moving data, processes and applications to the cloud.

Software as a service is made possible by offering the full spread of software solutions. Merit TS provides, among others, Microsoft Service Provider Licence Agreements (SPLAs), which means businesses can have access to Microsoft Exchange E-mail, SQL Database, SharePoint Electronic Content Management, CRM and the like, on a pay-as-you-go basis.

The days of businesses installing and maintaining server rooms are long gone, and cloud servers are the perfect, cost-effective and reliable solution for any technology-dependent business - choose from managed virtual servers or managed dedicated servers.

Merit TS is a partner to the most prominent suppliers in the field of servers and storage, and will manage all cloud storage needs, efficiently, on state-of-the-art redundant storage technology.

Merit TS offers managed backup and recovery services and boasts a full electronic vault. Businesses can let Merit TS manage their entire backup operations on-site or off-site. Expert at tailor-making backup policies, procedures and ensuring compliance, Merit TS will also be there to assist in the event of a disaster with full-scale recovery services.

Offering total control over information indexing, tracking and archiving, Merit TS ensures information accuracy and integrity with full information life cycle management and online archive retrieval when required.

Expert in the fields of De-Dupe and storage tiering, this Merit TS service automatically and efficiently moves active data to high-performance storage tiers and inactive data to low-cost/high-capacity tiers. Only changes and single data instances are moved over data links, thereby improving efficiency and lowering costs.

Information life cycle management aligns business processes around information assets in such a way as to leverage business content across organisational boundaries using scalable architecture. Having partnered with all prominent backup software suppliers, Merit TS makes it easy for businesses to manage data throughout its life cycle through integrated backup and recovery, archiving, replication, resource management and search facilities.

For the first time in South Africa, businesses are able to harness the full power of fibre-optic data communication by utilising Metro Ethernet, MPLS, Diginet or ADSL network connectivity from Merit TS, with their choice of telecommunications service providers.

There is also the option to reduce operational costs by using VOIP, and to keep an eye on assets with IP-CCTV or have an iSCSI SAN solution or Fibre Channel Dark Fibre Storage Area Network offering from Merit TS.

From software as a service, to storage and hosting; from archiving, to recovery, data management and communications, Merit TS has the needs of the cloud computing sector completely covered.