MONTREAL, Oct. 20, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - The IDC MarketScape: Canadian Data Centre Operations and Management 2016 Vendor Assessment has named OVH a Leader, highlighting its unique approach to building datacentres, deploying technology, and packaging the company's services. The conclusions of the report match the growing ambitions of OVH in Canada since arriving over 5 years ago. This expansion will translate in the near future by the opening of new offices in Toronto this upcoming October 24.
The report (doc #CA40622416, September 2016) assesses the 18 leading providers of technological services in Canada and highlights the specific characteristics of OVH's business model, as well as its distinct approach to datacentre design and management giving the company a particularly competitive edge and great business agility.
Located in Beauharnois on Montreal's south shore, the OVH Canadian datacentre can host close to 400,000 servers. Since its acquisition by OVH back in 2012, the site - an old Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum plant - has been completely reconfigured to meet the highest security and energy efficiency standards. With its ISO/IEC27001 certification, its SOC 1 and 2 Type II compliances for the Private Cloud service offer, and by meeting Tier IV requirements, OVH has reached a PUE rating of 1.08, making its Canadian datacentre one of the most environmentally efficient in the world. This indicator supports OVH's efforts to effectively eliminate air conditioning from its datacentres and cut its energy bill in half by combining optimal air flow management inside the b2uilding with an exclusive water cooling system for its servers, which are assembled in-house.
This approach is unique on the market and one of the keys to success for OVH in Canada. The company's expansion is accelerating and partnerships are rapidly growing: the most recent one was launched with telecommunications company Rogers whose new cloud services rely on OVH's Public Cloud technology. In Quebec, now a big part of OVH's history as its very first location in North America, HOVH has also built close relationships with Fibrenoire, LinkbyNet and Cologix. The company is still investing in the province - with a commitment totalling 33 million dollars since 2015, notably for the development of an R&D office in Quebec City - and is now taking things to the next level by opening an office in Toronto.
Moreover, the company's North American expansion is about to reach beyond Canadian borders: 47 million dollars will be allocated to the launch by the end of the year of a new office and its first American datacentre, both set in Virginia.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360 degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.
About OVH
Specializing in cloud and internet infrastructure, OVH offers innovative products and services evolving around three universes: Web, Dedicated and Cloud. Since being founded in 1999, the company has become an established partner for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide. OVH owes its success not only to a development model built on innovation but also to keeping full control over the supply chain, from server manufacturing and in-house maintenance of their infrastructure, right down to customer assistance. OVH is able to ensure stable and reliable product and service offerings to all clients across all its brands while also providing the best price quality ratio. Learn more on OVH www.ovh.com and follow us on Twitter @ovh.
SOURCE OVH
Press Contact: OVH, Guillaume Gilbert, +1 (514) 922-0185, [email protected]
Share this article