AssureStor, Cloud Excellence Awards winner

The fast acceleration of cloud computing initiatives over the previous two years has been one of many greatest developments within the subject of know-how. Pace and scale made doable by the cloud are extraordinary for many companies at present. The pandemic has unequivocally demonstrated that cloud computing truly gives better velocity, agility, and resilience underneath even essentially the most difficult circumstances.

Computing’s Cloud Excellence Awards recognise the perfect of the UK’s cloud trade, from essentially the most revolutionary and compelling merchandise and distributors, by way of to the highest use circumstances from end-user companies.

This yr’s winners had been introduced at a reside awards ceremony on Thursday, twenty second September at One Whitehall Place, London, the place AssureStor received the Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the 12 months.

After the awards we talked to Stephen Younger, Director at AssureStor, to search out out what the win means for his staff and the organisation.

Younger has been a enterprise proprietor and entrepreneur specializing in know-how start-ups for over 30 years. His IT expertise covers infrastructure, software program improvement, knowledge centres, service and help, IT governance mixed with the disciplines to construct a enterprise, administration, finance and enterprise improvement.

Stephen is working with AssureStor on the subsequent stage of the corporate’s improvement as one of many quickest rising suppliers of cloud-based catastrophe restoration, knowledge resilience and backup in Europe. Leveraging his depth of information, and years of publicity to the sector, he’s assured he will help AssureStor to change into a pacesetter in its subject.

Computing:  Why is cloud essential to the trendy world?

Stephen Younger: Basically, and amongst different issues, cloud permits for scalability, agility, flexibility, fast deployment and value effectivity inside fashionable enterprise. These advantages imply various things to totally different companies however getting a service to market rapidly with predictable prices and a well-defined administration layer is an final result that may be achieved when applied successfully.

In a enterprise atmosphere the place there’s an ever-increasing urgency for IT departments to ship providers to the enterprise promptly and reliably, organisations have regularly sought to undertake programs and applied sciences that ship on these necessities.

Cloud supply of providers has matured to an extent that the majority necessities can now be delivered on this method giving organisations the agility and scalability required. When deployed and appropriately managed, cloud providers may present an organisation with a manageable and predictable value mannequin.

AssureStor’s DRaaS platform sits comfortably throughout the cloud framework and offers any organisation, small to giant, a scalable resolution delivering dependable safety for his or her enterprise. For MSPs reselling the service, AssureStor’s cloud platform offers them with a low danger, low value, fast entry into DRaaS and cloud backup supply.

How did you’re feeling while you heard that your entry had received?

Profitable was validation that the distributors we’ve got partnered with, and our technique for offering catastrophe restoration and cloud backup providers, was recognised for its unified use of those best-of-breed merchandise delivering an unparalleled and dependable platform.

We’re additionally acutely aware that we compete with some very giant, well-established suppliers within the DR and backup area and so securing the award in such firm was notably satisfying for the entire staff at AssureStor and we take it as reinforcement of our personal credentials. Measurement and legacy years within the enterprise is not all the time the profitable method!

What do you assume made your entry stand out?

As Zerto’s sole Aggregator Companion, AssureStor has a novel providing for our channel companions with a full 360-degree service capable of accommodate just about any requirement or atmosphere encountered. This complete portfolio locations our channel companions in an unmatched area the place they’ll mix providers and tackle every particular person shopper’s want.

AssureStor resellers take assurance in that they’re providing one of the best in knowledge restoration options, complemented by our distinct administration and help layer, with minimal monetary outlay, fast deployment with rapid income streams.

What does the win imply on your staff, and your organisation? How will it assist you?

Resulting from our dedication to a channel solely strategy, our providers, delivered solely by way of companions, usually implies that AssureStor stays within the background and is never recognised as the last word service supplier. For AssureStor and the staff it’s nice recognition amongst friends within the sector that, whereas silent, our providers are defending a few of the most vital organisations and infrastructures in Europe.

Profitable award from Computing, a long-standing and trusted voice to the sector, recognises and helps our place as a dependable and reliable service supplier to the channel. Little doubt it’ll assist us solidify an thrilling pipeline of enterprise for the years forward.

What does the longer term maintain on your organisation – what are the priorities for the subsequent 12 months?

We proceed to construct our relationship throughout the HPe ecosystem as Zerto’s solely world aggregator empowering MSPs to quick observe their adoption of Zerto know-how as their basis for brand spanking new and revolutionary DRaaS platforms.

Excitingly, because the attain of our service will increase, and as we entice bigger MSPs and resellers with better worldwide protection, we’ve got initiated superior planning to open a brand new knowledge centre presence in Germany permitting continental resellers to supply AssureStor providers throughout the European Union. This might be a template for additional enlargement as we come to the eye of resellers in North America, Africa and the Center East.