59% of attendees express intent to invest in hosted private cloud in 2014
Dubai - eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region's leading managed hosting and cloud infrastructure services provider and a member of TECOM Investments, along with VMware and Aptec Holding hosted a conference titled 'Simplifying your Journey to the Private Cloud'focusing on the benefits of hosted private cloud for enterprises.
eHDFprovided an overview of the strategic, financial and operational benefits of its hosted private cloud infrastructure services for enterprises.
The conference highlighted the growing popularity of the cloud, available technology,and the unparalleled innovation of the technology that is now attracting leading IT decision makers. The discussions highlightedhow imperative it is for companies to maximize the potential of cloud services to save costs as well as solve critical IT challenges such as scalable, on demand and pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure services.
To understand the uptake of managed private cloud, eHDF conducted asurvey with attendees, which indicated that 59 percent of the respondents plan to invest in hosted private cloud in 2014. Other findings showed 48 percent were considering fully managedhosting services for their data.
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO of eHosting DataFort said, "Cost reduction, operational efficiency and business flexibility are the key reasons that have led to an increased demandfor cloud services. With managed private cloud, organizations havethe necessary security and control over their critical data and daily business operations. At eHDF, we have seen a number of organizations benefiting from the hosted private cloud model which provides a technology-enabled system that optimizes computing resources rather than investing in and maintainingon-premise hardware and software."
According to a Gartner study, the MENA region will spend US$3.8 billion on cloud services from 2013 to 2017. In response to this growing need, eHDF's hosted private cloud offeringsallow an organization to provision virtual machines from a pool of resources based on their needs. Each customer is allocated a Virtual Data Center (vDC) which remains isolated, firewalled and secure to support processing, storage, transfer and memory capacities.eHDF's offering includesreliable security features such as anti-malware, Password Auto Repository (PAR), and Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS).
Utilizing the leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure software from VMware,eHDFhelps organizations streamline their IT operationswhile enjoying the security, stability and high-level of efficiency that is offered by the managed private cloud.
eHosting DataFort has established itself as a market leader in the field of managed hosting and cloud infrastructure services. The company has been recognised year-on-year as the 'Best Managed Service Provider of the Year' across the Middle East and was most recently honoured at the Network World Middle East Awards 2014.
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About eHosting DataFort
eHosting DataFort is a fully owned subsidiary of TECOM Investments and is a leading provider of managed hosting and cloud infrastructure services. The organization has obtained a number of notable projects to deliver world-class Managed IT services to major enterprises across the region.
eHostingDataFort's proven track record for managing an enterprise's IT infrastructure includes some of the largest organizations e.g. Dubai Financial Market, Dunia Finance, SocieteGenerale Bank, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tejari, Axiom Telecom, Khaleej Times, Panasonic, Dubai e-government and du.
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