Altron's Custom Cloud Services Save Money and Boost Security

Businesses are migrating their applications and IT processes from legacy infrastructure such as servers to a centralised cloud computing environment hosted by a cloud provider to lower costs, increase their agility, improve their availability and reliability, simplify their operations, and roll out applications faster.  

Cloud providers supply all the hardware such as servers, storage devices, firewalls, switches, and routers which means businesses avoid a large capital outlay and instead have a recurring monthly fee. Cloud services provide maximum flexibility, allowing businesses to rapidly scale up or down as their needs change, improve availability and reliability and allow for improved security measures to be put in place.  

Research indicates that cloud migration is associated with significant productivity gains, and increased revenue and makes cloud adoption easier for customers to manage.  

The challenge, however, is that nearly 50% of cloud migrations fail, and moving to the cloud can be costly and time-consuming if not properly managed. This leads to a perception of the cloud solution being more expensive, less secure, and more cumbersome in management.  

Altron’s world-class Cloud Services, are offered as part of its Business Process Outsourcing Service (BPOS). Altron is a proudly South African technology industry leader that has been harnessing the power of data, technology, and human ingenuity to solve real-world problems since 1965. Its Cloud as a Service solution does not replace an organisation’s IT staff but instead scales its resources and augments its ability to provide a secure and accessible cloud platform that enables business growth.  

Top South African companies have been entrusting Altron to manage their digital transformation, by assisting them to leverage the flexibility and scalability of the cloud but without adding any additional complexity. Outcomes-focused, Altron’s managed services guarantee delivery against each client’s growth drivers. Its next-generation technology solutions comprehensively address the IT security, regulatory and compliance needs of every client business.  

Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, Altron provides bespoke cloud solutions tailored to each client’s needs, budget and requirements, irrespective of whether it is a micro, small, medium or large enterprise. 

Prior to designing the solution, Altron conducts an in-depth cloud assessment to assess the company’s requirements, goals and current security score:  

• Identify areas for modernisation
• Workload and Application refactoring requirements
• Cost Optimisation review across cloud providers
• Mapping out the client’s cloud placement framework to ascertain the most appropriate public cloud provider 

This assessment is provided at no cost to the client and determines the best fit cloud solution. Altron’s Cloud as a Service solution recommends a daily security protocol which helps organisations maintain a security score above 80%, reducing the risk of security breaches and data losses. Once the solution is implemented, clients on average enjoy a 12% per annum saving on their cloud costs and are guaranteed that they will never receive a bill shock at the end of the month.