Above all of the standard benefits of adopting a modern, robust, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution, the number one reason to move to Ironside Managed Services is our intimate knowledge and experience in designing, building, and operating high performance IBM Business Analytics systems. With hundreds of years of combined experience and hundreds of successful implementations and happy customers, we posses a deep level of technology expertise that is simply unmatched anywhere else in our industry. Below are some of the value-added services that you can expect to enjoy as an Ironside Managed Services customer:
- 100% adherence to IBM Business Analytics best practices (both published and unpublished).
- Complimentary architecture design, sizing and capacity planning.
- Continual tuning and environment optimization to suit your usage profile and demand.
- Complimentary guidance on deployment and change management best practices.
- The comfort and security of knowing that the best team of IBM Business Analytics professionals in the industry is looking after your technology investment.
Key Benefits of Ironside Managed Services
Rapid Time to Value
A recent report from Nucleus Research found that investments in business analytics repay $10.66 for every dollar spent. By deploying your Business Analytics solution with Ironside Managed Services, you can be agile, adapt to changes quickly and rapidly recognize a return on your technology investments.
Industry Best Security
The Ironside Group strives to maintain standards for information security that exceed your current on-premise enterprise operating procedures. Our security hardened cloud platform infrastructure is held to the highest industry standards and has met or exceeded the requirements of all of the major industry audits, including SAS70 Type II, SSAE16 and by 2013 we will have also fulfilled ISO 27001 requirements.
High Performance
In roughly 99% of all customers who have requested our services to resolve their performance problems, we have been able to trace the root cause back to either improper configuration, undersized infrastructure or poor application design and planning. By partnering with Ironside Managed Services, your system architecture, sizing, capacity planning and ongoing fine-tuning are included so you can focus on using the results to better run your business.
Robust Platform
Our cloud architecture is built using best-in-class technology with proven solutions from VMWare, IBM XiV and Cisco. We offer three global deployment regions with built-in business continuity as well as optional off-site disaster recovery. With high-speed data connectivity to global network of SSAE-16 compliant data centers, a multitude of backup options, and multi-tiered high performance data storage, this is truly scalable, enterprise-class infrastructure for the most mission critical of business applications .