Telarus launches private cloud computing platform

Partnering with EMC, IBM and VMware and leveraging its Cisco based MPLS network, the company will deliver private cloud computing solutions for its clients.

Jules Rumsey, CEO Telarus said in the current economic climate, businesses need to generate the best possible results from their IT budgets.

"The Virtual Server platform that Telarus has built is rock solid and able to cater to anything from entry level to very demanding hosting requirements," he said.

"It is based on VMware ESX coupled with IBM BladeCentre and EMC SAN technology and offers excellent performance and reliability with no capital expenditure and low operating costs."

A Virtual Server solution from Telarus enables customers to buy the capacity they need and scale up their virtual servers over time.

As the demand on virtual servers grow, users can dial up the memory, processor and storage capacity, without having to worry about the time and money that would otherwise need to be invested in hardware upgrades.

It also eliminates the need for 'forklift upgrades' where the limits of the hardware platform have been reached and it needs to be changed.

As part of the offering, clients can opt to include Telarus Managed Firewall, based on FortiGate Unified Threat Management platform.

This allows clients to secure their virtual servers on the Internet and private networks.

It also enables secure remote access using either PPTP or IPSec.

"The inclusion of Telarus Managed Firewall and the ability to deliver direct connectivity to the Telarus MPLS network means that clients can expect better security and performance that they would receive by accessing an Internet based hosting service," said Rumsey.

"We are able to eliminate many of the security threats, can deliver dedicated network capacity and offer IP QoS to enable clients to provide bandwidth to the applications that need it most."

Telarus can provision access services within an MPLS VPN to suit the needs of its clients, including fault tolerant network access.

Access options range from basic ADSL to fixed wireless and gigabit Ethenet over fibre.

Rumsey added channel partners and clients will be able to leverage the benefits that Telarus Virtual Server can deliver.

 "We're very excited to be in a position to meet the increasing demand we are seeing from our clients for virtualisation and we look forward to working with our channel partners to deliver complete private cloud computing solutions to our clients," he said.

Following Telarus' recent expansion into the New Zealand market, this offering will also be available to Telarus Solutions Partners and customers in New Zealand.

"We are in a position to extend our Virtual Server platform into New Zealand very quickly to meet the requirements of our partners and customers. Opportunities are already in the wings that may require us to move on this," said Rumsey.