eHosting DataFort and VMware Underline Hosted Private Cloud benefits for enterprises at an exclusive Cloud conference in Dubai

eHosting DataFort along with VMware and Aptec Holding hosted a conference titled ‘Simplifying your Journey to the Private Cloud’ focusing on the benefits of hosted private cloud for enterprises.

eHDF provided an overview of the strategic, financial and operational benefits of eHDF’s hosted private cloud infrastructure services for enterprises.

The conference highlighted the growing popularity of the cloud, the available technology and unparalleled innovation of the technology that is now attracting leading IT decision makers. It is now imperative for companies to maximize the potential of cloud services, to save costs as well as solve critical IT challenges such as scalable, on demand and pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure services.

To understand the uptake of managed private cloud, eHDF conducted a survey, which indicated that 59 percent of the respondents plan to invest in hosted private cloud in 2014. Other findings showed 48 percent were considering fully managed hosting services for their data.

According to a Gartner study, the MENA region will spend US$3.8 billion on cloud services from 2013 to 2017. In response to this growing need, eHDF’s hosted private cloud offerings allow an organization to provision virtual machines from a pool of resources based on their needs. Each customer is allocated a Virtual Data Center (vDC) which remains isolated, firewalled and secure to support processing, storage, transfer and memory capacities. It includes reliable security features such as anti-malware, Password Auto Repository (PAR), and Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS). eHDF helps organizations streamline their IT operations, while enjoying the security, stability and high-level of efficiency that is offered by the managed private cloud.