The IT Nerd

AURO, Canada’s first enterprise public cloud that offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services, has announced a Managed OpenStack service that allows you access to a team of certified experts dedicated to helping your cloud succeed. Simply put, it’s the enterprise cloud without the responsibility that normally comes with it.

Managed OpenStack is a product that oversees your deployment, operations, cloud strategy, security, and change management. It proactively resolves issues before you experience them–all around the clock. You can focus on your business by allowing AURO to focus on your cloud infrastructure for you.

The service includes proactive monitoring and alerts with 24/7 support, operational management for user change requests, updates and security assessments, 99.99% SLA availability, and HA configuration assistance.

The plan offers a variety of features, all of which present opportunities to customize your cloud even further. Setup on OpenStack versions such as Newton, Ocata, Pike, and Queens effortlessly. Access modern, effective customization options on any and all OpenStack Projects including Nova, Neutron, Glance, Swift, Cinder, Sahara, Trove, and Magnum. Enjoy cloud monitoring and gain metrics, with high available storage backend for compute nodes.

Additionally, make use of Openstack’s API for a hybrid solution using AURO’s Public cloud or S3 API emulation to move workloads. You can also employ applications which allow for centralized management of cloud resources across private and public clouds.

Managed OpenStack is 100% open-source with no vendor lock-in. It offers the benefits of the public cloud without the need for cloud infrastructure experts. With AURO, there are no limitations and you pay only for what you use.

To learn more, contact AURO via email at sales@auro.io

AURO, the first Canadian enterprise public cloud, announced an expansion of their cloud computing Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplace with their new “Tools for Applications” program created specifically for SaaS and cloud-based application customers.

AURO Cloud Computing, a complete public cloud designed to meet the requirements of next-generation cloud-based, scale-out applications such as social apps, mobile apps, SaaS/PaaS deployments and Big Data analytics.

As AURO is Canadian-based, every customer benefits from their 100% Canadian cloud environment. AURO provides SaaS customers with variable services and compliance programs to help meet strict uptime, governance and support requirements for mission critical workloads. The Tools for Applications program includes compliance standards based on AT101 SOC 2 Type 2, PHIPA and ISO 27002 certifications. 

Every SaaS customer on AURO’s public cloud benefits from the ability to test their ideas at a low cost with the ability to scale up as needed. With AURO, users also have the ability to leverage multiple cloud availability zones in Canada, including Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC.  Customers get instant access to industry-leading tools like cloud load balancers, cloud databases, object and block storage.

AURO was built on the premise that many SaaS and cloud-based customers are concerned about vendor lock-in that could potentially limit them to one cloud provider unless they are willing to spend time and money to recode an application. With AURO, everything is powered by OpenStack and will remain compatible through the use of open standards – there is no vendor lock-in.  AURO is highly redundant and offers cloud computing, networking and storage with full API compatibility.

Starting February 1^st, all new SaaS customers can receive at least one month of cloud credits and may qualify for even more with AURO’s SaaS initiative to get Canadian applications and services in the cloud.    To learn more, contact AURO via email at sales@auro.io or by phone at 1-855-226-4678.

AURO, Canada’s first true enterprise public cloud, announced today the release of their High Performance SSD Block Storage. With Tier 1 high performance, this addition to AURO’s cloud computing product suite will guarantee IOPS and give customers faster storage for their database and applications.

Powered by OpenStack, AURO first launched its services in late 2014 with Canadian datacenters located in Vancouver, BC, its Western Canada region.  Already, they are expanding their cloud by building out their second region in Eastern Canada in Toronto, ON, which will come online in the upcoming weeks. The Canadian cloud computing platform allows customers to achieve multi-region deployments across Canada while staying all within AURO’s compliant infrastructure. The upgrade is expected to further strengthen AURO’s services in Canada’s competitive cloud hosting scene and allow them to offer more to customers as an IaaS (infrastructure as a service) provider.

As part of the public cloud’s service upgrades, AURO is now including a new option for clients: its High Performance SSD Block Storage. AURO’s Block Storage is a highly available, redundant persistent storage service made for applications and databases that require frequent reads and writes. This is often the case for applications that need fast access to a file system, database, or raw block-level storage. With Block Storage, clients can easily attach and access volumes from running instances for additional storage, copy and back up data quickly and reliably with volume snapshots, create persistent instances to better save data and access stored and cached data faster.

AURO’s Standard Block Cloud Storage provides high IOPs using leading storage technologies running on enterprise-grade x86 hardware using ZFS for higher performance. To meet customer demands, AURO now provides the option for High Performance SSD Block Storage with Tier 1 high performance that allows applications to run with guaranteed IOPS and fast storage for databases.

Pricing information can be found here.