Toronto, Canada – April 14, 2014 – Today ALANTEX CORP. – Canadian Managed Services Provider announced Alantex Managed Cloud Services (AMCS) – National Managed Cloud offerings with data sovereignty to protect your organization data from overseas legislation including the Patriot Act.
Now it is a time for us to differentiate ourselves from “Virtual Cloud Providers” to offer pure Canadian based National Managed Cloud services for organizations who really care to be compliant and auditable in line with Canadian Legislation Act.
We are proud to announce a Wholesale partnership agreement has been signed today between ALANTEX Corp. and Pathway Communications, Markham based a single-source provider of premium technology infrastructure, IT support and management, Internet, security and telecommunication services provider.
The state of the art, recently extended Tier III certified data center will co-locate and host your Managed Cloud infrastructure. With the second data center located in Montreal your data and Cloud Services will be protected from natural disaster and unforeseen circumstances 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Data Center Facility
- Tier III certified data center located in Markham
- SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 1 Type 2 (also known as SSAE 16), and CSAE 3416 Type 2 complaint
Data Center Managed Cloud Services
- Hybrid Cloud with VPN connectivity to your on premise infrastructure
- Low cost Cloud based backup and recovery
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and management
- Secure Multi-tenancy and data locality in Canada
- Use of a Tier III certified data center for maximum uptime
- Enterprise network firewalls
- Real-time intrusion detection and prevention
- Data backup and restoration to schedule; tape rotation and off-site storage
- Monitoring of server and network elements using custom SNMP variables, e-mail and voice alerts
- Security patch management and service pack deployment
- Disaster recovery facilities and hot spare availability
- Remote hands: cabling, reboot, configuration
- Detailed statistics and reports
- Systems administration
- Application management and support
Data Center Features
- Tier III Design Certified facility, comprehensively designed for maximum reliability and uptime
- Abundant power, immediately available on demand and for growth
- Private, custom data suites with controlled visibility and access
- Raised floor with physically segregated power and cooling systems
- Multiple upstream data and internet connections to Tier 1 carriers and providers
- Triple-redundant power and climate control systems
- Full gigabit Ethernet internal switching using enterprise Cisco devices
- Separate mirror and disaster recovery sites in Toronto and Montreal
- All systems sourced from world class manufacturers
- UPS, switchgear, control systems, and backup diesel generators
- Extended on-site fuel storage
- Floor leak and heat detectors
- Gas-based, waterless fire suppression system
- Complete physical security: perimeter alarms, biometric authentication, video surveillance
- 24/7/365 network monitoring from dual Network Operations Centers
About ALANTEX Corp.
ALANTEX Corp. is the leading provider of next-generation datacenter hybrid infrastructure solutions. We are committed to provide best solution to suite business needs and to prolong the relationship with each of our valued clients. Instead of following one-project-per-client strategy, Alantex team works on multiple projects with every customer and offers managed cloud services to benefit their customers. This enables us to acquire deeper knowledge and understanding of the client's environment and issues and develop solutions specific to each customer. For more information, visit www.alantexcorp.com. Follow us on Twitter.
About Pathway Communications
Founded in 1995, Pathway Communications (www.pathcom.com) is a single-source provider of premium technology infrastructure, IT support and management, Internet, and telephony services to companies across Canada and the United States. Pathway employs over 150 qualified and trained staff in three continents and operates fully-equipped data centers in Markham, Toronto, and Montreal. Pathway’s managed Internet, cloud and co-location services are available across Canada are used by thousands of companies.