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Zynstra collaborates with Microsoft and HP to bring hybrid cloud to SMBs
February 2014 by Marc Jacob
Zynstra announces the launch of O365Connect. Developed in association with Microsoft and HP to provide SMBs with a managed Hybrid IT solution, it delivers all the comfort and control of on-premise IT but with the economics and service levels typically associated with public cloud services.
Aimed at businesses with between 5 and 250 IT users, O365Connect provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Office 365, giving the end user complete control over the management of their data, backup and print services as well as employee access to applications via Single Sign On. O365Connect will be sold exclusively through and managed by the channel.
All of Zynstra’s cloud managed server appliances are built on the HP ProLiant server range with the unique Zynstra software that enables local IT workloads to be run as a service in a virtualised Windows and/or Linux environment. Users of O365Connect are also able to benefit from Zynstra’s patent pending keep current and keep consistent technology which is “built in” so that SMBs need not worry about having to update systems. With Zynstra’s extensive software IP, each appliance is also provisioned, updated and managed from the cloud at a scale not previously possible.
Zynstra O365Connect handles local networking, security, identity, file and print management, and the management of Single-Sign-On to Office 365 and other applications. It provides a fully managed backup service of the local files as well as maintaining a full backup of the cloud managed email and file data from Microsoft’s Office 365 locally on the Zynstra solution. An additional Disaster Recovery option, allows the appliance to be fully backed up to Microsoft’s Azure service enabling the solution to be spun up in the cloud in the event of an entire loss of physical office or appliance.
Zynstra’s O365Connect is available from 17th February 2014.
