CLOUD SERVICES

CLOUD SERVICES

Creative delivers exceptional fully managed services and cloud solutions globally, helping clients realise the full power of their IT investments to meet business objectives sooner. Our solutions help some of the world’s leading organisations improve scalability, agility and access to the latest technologies, develop financially-sound cloud roadmaps that transform the performance of apps and data, and boost productivity and workforce mobility.

Our clients can be found at the forefront of digitalisation in fast-moving markets like architecture, engineering, construction, finance, healthcare, automotive, and more. They enjoy all the benefits of private cloud solutions and don’t miss the headaches associated with public cloud providers, such as hidden charges, poor environmental controls and under-used resources.

WHAT ARE CLOUD SERVICES?

Our cloud services allow Creative clients to overcome legacy IT challenges through on-demand access to private cloud agility, computing power and storage capabilities – while offloading hardware costs, upgrade burdens and skilled resourcing requirements.

We help them de-risk and accelerate digital transformation, removing worries about business resilience, scaling issues, technical knowledge and skill gaps, and avoiding hardware and software reaching end-of-life.

In the process, our clients optimise cash flow with flexible OpEx-based charging models and a cost-effective approach for futureproofing their business with emerging technologies, such as AI and OpenUSD.

OUR CLOUD SERVICES

DESKTOP
AS A SERVICE

Purpose-built for users of specialist design and visualisation apps or working on huge datasets, Creative virtual desktops run on our VDIPOD platform, delivering unprecedented high performance, enabling thousands of industry professionals globally to access mission-critical data and apps from anywhere, anytime and on any device.

Fully managed and hosted from Creative green data centres operating on 100% renewable energy, our DaaS solution enables companies to reduce power consumption by 81.7% and CO₂ emissions by up to 43%, while boosting  renewable energy usage by 89%.

BACKUP
AS A SERVICE

Protect your most valuable customer, product, financial and employee information wherever it lives – on physical servers, VMs, containers, PCs, laptops, smartphones and SaaS-based apps or cloud-based platforms. Our highly skilled data specialists take care of everything, giving you confidence knowing your data protection strategy adheres to latest industry best practices, with constant validation your information is fully restorable.

STORAGE
AS A SERVICE

Choose where your data and workloads sit – onsite, in the cloud or a mix. Our experts work closely with you to design and implement a cost-effective tiered storage strategy tailored to your need. We’ll ensure fast access to essential data in the ‘cold’ tier, with premium performance only applied to the critical ‘hot’ data and apps that need it.

NETWORK
AS A SERVICE

Unlock IT resources and make your network more agile, efficient and transformative by packaging all your networking resources, services and applications into a fully managed solution with enterprise LAN and WAN capabilities. Our hand-picked vCAP and CCIE-certificated engineers look after firewalls, switches, routers, load balancers and more across your entire IT estate 24/7.

SUPPORT
AS A SERVICE

Get round-the-clock, expert IT support across your full technology stack to boost your in-house IT team. From first-line triage, troubleshooting and user engagement to exceptional second and third-line specialist technical support, we’ll reduce user frustration and downtime to boost productivity and we’ll provide proactive recommendations to help you improve your IT support function over time.

SECURITY
AS A SERVICE

Stop adding security tools and complexity. Reduce cyber risk by leveraging experts with in-depth knowledge and visibility across the entire attack surface. Our Triage team provides an immediate response to identify and nullify threats fast; Then our Concierge team applies learning to strengthen your company’s security posture and resilience over time. We make it fast and easy for organisations of any size to deploy world-class security as a service operations that continually guard against attacks in an efficient and sustainable way.

DISASTER RECOVERY
AS A SERVICE

We’ll ensure full recovery of data and services to get your business up and running in the shortest time possible, with industry-leading Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and near real-time replication – reducing potential data loss to seconds rather than hours or days. A fully managed solution, we’ll perform tests with no impact on business operations nor break in replication, giving you peace of mind, you’ll always be able to fully recover, as quickly as possible.

INFRASTRUCTURE
AS A SERVICE

Providing on-demand access to private cloud agility and scalability, rapidly transform networks, storage and compute, securing the digital IT foundation your company needs to fast-track profitable growth – all for an affordable monthly price. No more large upfront CapEx investment, costly tech recruitment, or expense of owning, maintaining and refreshing IT assets.

MONITORING
AS A SERVICE

Reduce risk of IT outages and downtime with single pane of glass management giving you clear visibility across all points – databases, apps, networks, servers and storage. Replace disruptive out-of-hours calls and laborious root cause analysis with proactive monitoring to nip problems in the bud and enable smarter prioritisation of IT planning and investment decisions.

FILE
AS A SERVICE

Developed by Creative and powered by Panzura, revolutionises how businesses manage and access their data across global regions. This market leading cloud-based service simplifies the storage, access, and management of files, ensuring that data is always available, secure, and up-to-date. Users can access and work with files from any location, ensuring productivity and collaboration regardless of geographical boundaries.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD SERVICES?

BENEFITS OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Purpose-built, optimised and continuously updated for unique industry demands. Highly productive remote working for users of bulky apps such as CAD, Revit and InDesign with the same or better experience as they enjoy in the office. Freedom to site your data and services – in the cloud, on-prem, or hybrid – simplifying compliance and data sovereignty
Improved ESG performance, reducing energy consumption and minimising carbon footprint. Flexible scaling with burst capability, on-demand consumption and per-user pricing models. Future proofed. No more ordering and waiting for new hardware. Or worrying about products reaching end-of-life or end-of-support.

ADVANTAGES OF CREATIVE PRIVATE CLOUD OVER PUBLIC CLOUD PROVIDERS

Full access to data and apps, securely hosted on servers utilising the latest technologies to deliver optimal performance. Performance predictability with assured SLAs and easy access to dedicated experts and tech support. Fully managed cloud services, ensuring seamless integration with existing infrastructure and legacy systems.
Certainty of ongoing IT expenses. No hidden data egress and ingress charges, or fluctuations associated with variable pricing models. Right-sized IT resources dynamically allocated based on demand, eliminating the cost of carrying spare capacity. Creative green data centres run on 100% renewable energy and optimised PUE, unlike public cloud hyperscalers with under-used resources and poor environmental controls.

BENEFITS OF CREATIVE MANAGED SERVICES COMPARED TO SELF-MANAGED SOLUTIONS

Stronger business case with savings on hardware refreshes, salaries, power, rack space, out-of-hours staffing and training costs. 24/7 Managed Service Desk with tech know-how to handle any IT ticket: from VDI to network and infrastructure issues. Boosted productivity and exceptional UX, resulting from award-winning cloud services that position data and apps close to users, leveraging Creative’s global data centre footprint.
Avoiding technical pitfalls with access to experts across the full tech stack. Our understanding of virtualisation and how industry-specific apps and network services behave together is second to none. Transparent and predictable costs, spread as monthly OpEx rather than upfront CapEx investment. Creative specialists work proactively to help clients improve ROI, futureproofing IT infrastructure and freeing up in-house resources for innovation.

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