Platform

Reliability and Functionality

The collection of hardware, software, operating systems, connections, bandwidth, switches, routers, firewalls, SAN, NAS... the list goes on and at Opality we call all this - the BIG IRON.

It is more commonly known as our 'hosting platform' and is the technical foundation that delivers all Opality services. Think of it as a collection of disparate technologies assembled and managed to offer 99.9% uptime.

This is achieved by purchasing best of breed assets, resources, partners, and people and by building into the BIG IRON duplication (referred to as redundancy and resilience).

Watching and monitoring the BIG IRON is automated to ensure the very high standard are achieved.

The CORE is where the BIG IRON sits. Secure in government approved location, protected against almost all disruptive events. Even so, we co-locate services to achieve the high availability that must exist when hosting your business applications.

From the CORE we deliver automated services, user driven control panels, monitoring and reporting to allow users to simple manage the technology. It's a bit like putting the light switch on at home; you don't think about the fuel, how it gets converted in the power station, how it is transmitted and stored and how it became electricity to eventually light up a tungsten filament... you just use it because you have a need... and that's Opality.

Such complexity needs not only Accredited and trained professionals it needs to have been tried and tested 'under load' conditions. Opality is a Microsoft’s GOLD Partner and our services demonstrate our pedigree in providing successful hosting solutions.

Opality powered by IT Energy has been managing Hosted BlackBerry and Exchange since 2003 and has many thousands of users.