CLOUD SERVICES & SOLUTIONS

Many organisations require public cloud support.

We can help make that journey smooth and straightforward, no matter the path you take with our expert cloud consultants.

WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING? AND THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR YOU?

Cloud migration services may be all around us, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a unique process for your organisation. Our expert cloud consultants will assess your needs and recommend a cloud solution that’s the right fit for your business and for your customers, not an off-the-shelf solution that doesn’t suit your needs. 

As expert cloud consultants, we offer a range of cloud hosting platform solutions from Public Cloud services to Dedicated Infrastructure. With many IT-managed services to choose from, this allows us to offer a multi-platform approach for customers with greater complexity and competing transformation requirements.

If speed, reliability and security are your cloud hosting priorities, we’re already on the same page. From data protection to disaster recovery, we put the control back into your hands. Not only that, we’ll help you save costs and bolster resilience as we do it. Below are the foundational pillars of the Node4 cloud-managed service offering, but we continue to build and expand upon these options. For more information about any of the cloud solutions you see here, or to ask about others, please get in touch.

CLOUD SOLUTIONS: WHAT IS PRIVATE CLOUD VS PUBLIC CLOUD?

In essence, public clouds operate on shared resources, whereas private clouds rely on an organisation’s dedicated infrastructure. Often termed as a data centre, private clouds are hosted on a company’s infrastructure, typically safeguarded by firewalls and robust physical security measures. 

When making a decision about the cloud and network services you need, organisations should consider their unique requirements and objectives. While public clouds provide scalability and cost benefits, private clouds offer greater security and control. It’s essential for organisations to assess data sensitivity, budgetary considerations and scalability aspirations to ascertain the most appropriate choice.

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HYBRID CLOUD HOSTING SOLUTIONS

As an Azure Expert MSP partner, we can help you accelerate your transformation by taking advantage of the latest hybrid cloud hosting technologies. Our managed Azure Hybrid Cloud allows you to run workloads in Azure and data centres under one integrated set of Azure native tools, services and benefits.  

This hybrid answer is often the best approach for organisations that need to manage the considerable complexity that can come from trying to transition from legacy applications into a public cloud environment.

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PUBLIC CLOUD SERVICES

Public cloud hosting platforms give you the flexibility to scale up and down at speed while keeping costs low and efficiency high. Benefit from our close relationship with major public cloud providers, including our Microsoft Azure Expert MSP accreditation and certified partnership with AWS. With experience managing multiple platforms, we can design the network architecture and build the infrastructure to support you with our public cloud services.

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VIRTUAL DATA CENTRE

Modern enterprises require specifically designed cloud infrastructure to best support their applications, services and customers. Our virtual data centre is a designated pool of cloud-based resources, giving you access to virtual servers, whenever you need them. This affords you superior scalability, security, and commercial flexibility. We always guarantee the resource performance you need to run your site and applications seamlessly.

Our VDC solution can also form part of a hybrid cloud support offering, just like our work with  Benenden Healthcare. Take a look at their story.

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DEDICATED HOSTING

For those customers who require complete control over systems, performance and security, we offer a dedicated data cloud hosting service as part of our private cloud services. We will design, host and manage your solution so that it meets even the most exacting specifications. By creating an environment that is bespoke to your unique requirements we can help you meet your compliance needs, optimise performance to support demanding applications and easily adjust your configurations as dictated by your business goals.

Dedicated data centre hosting is one of many options as part of a cloud strategy. We help our customers work out and plan the best cloud migration strategy for their business.

AZURE RESOURCE CENTRE

We’ve launched a new resource centre for all things Azure. It contains must-see videos to help you get to grips with how Azure can benefit you and your business, informative blogs, service tiles, case studies and much more!

Managed Services

​​As experienced cloud consultants, Node4’s digital strategy consultants are passionate about making sure that every customer’s cloud journey not only delivers their required business outcomes – it delights them post-migration, thanks to a mature portfolio of Cloud Services.

Many Cloud transformation projects carrying a level of complexity require a multi-platform approach to deliver on financial, modernisation and compliance goals, so having a common cross-platform operational approach is key to success.

Our Cloud Managed Service portfolio provides this consistency for our clients 24/7, 365 days a year, maintaining performance, availability, security and agility across the entire ecosystem.

MANAGED SYSOPS

This service is designed for organisations that need a trusted partner to provide 24/7 operational support for cloud services using modern tooling and approaches.

DATA PROTECTION

Our cloud-based data protection and backup services keep valuable company and customer data safe from cyber criminals, ransomware and operational risks.

DISASTER RECOVERY

If disaster strikes, Node4 has your business covered with a range of services to provide cross-platform recovery services to ensure a rapid recovery.

FINOPS

Cost optimisation, visibility and management are critical factors to ensure cloud services are delivering value for money and managing consumption-based billing models with stakeholders.

MANAGED SOC

Designed to combat the latest threats and equipped with cutting-edge, cloud-native tools. The managed SOC provides a comprehensive threat detection and mitigation service.

CLOUD ARCHITECTS

The Node4 architecture team of accredited cloud consultants supports our customers in life to ensure that applications are using cloud-native approaches and services.

“MOVING TO THE CLOUD HAS REALLY GIVEN US THE SMOOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE BUSINESS.”

MARK CARPENTER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MOTORPOINT

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The Microsoft Azure cloud platform and its range of 200+ products and services have the potential to transform your business, take you steps ahead of your competitors and delight your customers. But navigating cloud security and costs can be a minefield if you don’t understand the platform or have the in-house expertise.

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