CLEVELAND, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Center for Health Affairs,the leading advocate for Northeast Ohio hospitals, today announced a strategic partnership withORockTechnologies, a high-performance hybrid cloud service provider built on OpenStack and certified by FedRAMP and the Department of Defense. The alliance will allow The Center's member hospitals and members of its business affiliatesCHAMPS Group PurchasingandThe Essentials Groupto utilize secure IT infrastructure and cloud storage and hosting solutions.

ORock's unique network architecture and open-source cloud environment, ORockCloud, enable organizations in healthcare, financial services and more to capitalize on the flexibility and scalability of cloud computing. Regardless of bandwidth or user count fluctuations, organizations get predictable pricing based upon zero ingress, egress and trans-region data transfer fees. In addition, members can utilize cloud storage as a service with ORockCloud Storage, which allows for object and block storage solutions for hybrid IT environments.

ORock's solutions are built for environments in which customers must satisfy stringent standards for security and compliance. In the scope of healthcare IT, ORock's cloud computing, storage and containers solutions meet HIPAA and HITECH requirements. With ORock's offerings, healthcare systems and hospitals can share patient records with confidence, keep data safe and stay compliant.

"It's no secret that 2020 was a challenging year for IT teams across the board," said Tracy Wise, senior vice president of business operations and administration for The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS Healthcare. "Over the past year, our team has been searching for solutions that could help our members fortify their security measures and appropriately handle threats such as ransomware. With ORock Technologies, we've achieved just that. This partnership provides our membership with secure data solutions designed for industries that require the gold standard in terms of security and compliance."

"Our customers across healthcare and other highly regulated industries are embracing the future of cloud with ORock," said Gregory Hrncir, Co-Founder, CEO and President, ORock Technologies. "ORock offers a fully compliant portfolio of cloud solutions for healthcare systems and hospitals modernizing their tech stacks and seeking high performing, sensibly-priced cloud solutions. We look forward to working with The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS' membership to protect sensitive workloads in the cloud while helping each member organization achieve its important strategic IT and healthcare goals."

Headquartered in Reston, Va., ORock manages its network, monitors security and supports its customers through its U.S.-based Network Operations Center (NOC) and Security Operations Center (SOC). The ORock NOC and SOC provide round-the-clock customer service with a single point of contact for issue resolution and 24/7 customer service.

The Center and ORock will host an informational webcast in September on the virtual events platform BrightTALKto showcase the vast potential of ORock's IT solutions. Registration for the event will open on The Center's Healthcare Leadership Serieschannel in the coming weeks.

ORock Technologies is the most recent addition to The Essentials Group's lineup of Business & Consulting, Data & Technology and Security & Compliancevendors. Launched in January 2020, The Essentials Group is the latest business line of The Center, providing a portfolio of high-quality products and services aimed at driving efficiencies and bottom-line impact to clients and members of The Center.

About The Center for Health Affairs:With a rich history dating back to 1916, The Center for Health Affairs serves as the collective voice and leading advocate for 36 hospitals across nine counties in Northeast Ohio. As the nation's first regional hospital association, The Center aims to enhance the effectiveness of the healthcare community and the health of the communities it serves by providing expertise, resources and solutions to address the challenges facing the region's healthcare providers. The Center's efforts focus on areas in which member hospitals and their communities can benefit from a regional approach, including emergency preparedness; public policy and advocacy; finance and reimbursement; and community health. Through its business affiliates, CHAMPS Group Purchasing and The Essentials Group, The Center provides a broad level of professional services to its members. Headquartered in downtown Cleveland, The Center is honored to be named as one of The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Top Workplaces in 2014, 2015 and 2021; ERC's NorthCoast99 List in 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group's Best Employers in Ohio in 2020 and 2021; and Modern Healthcare's 2021 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. For more, visit neohospitals.org.

About ORock Technologies:ORock Technologies delivers hybrid cloud and IaaS solutions designed for secure, compliant data operations. ORock helps leading organizations protect their most sensitive data, control costs and minimize vendor lock-in while enabling a range of IT modernization, application hosting, migration and edge computing initiatives. ORock's private fiber optic backbone network and enterprise-grade open-source cloud feature the latest HPE Gen10 secure hardware and a flat-rate OPEX billing model with no data egress fees. These solutions support hybrid, private and multi-cloud capabilities while providing superior security, performance, predictability and control. Learn more about ORock.

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Tracy WiseThe Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS Healthcare 877-476-1777

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On-premises software delivery company Replicated Inc. is much richer today after grabbing $50 million in a Series C round of funding.

The round was led by Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital. New investors Lead Edge Capital and Headline, and existing investors Two Sigma Ventures, Amplify Partners, BoldStart, Ridgeline and Heavybit also participated in the round.

Replicated sells tools that help software makers create and deploy on-premises versions of their applications.

What Replicateds platform does is reduce the amount of work involved in adapting an application to run on on-premises servers. Normally, doing so can take weeks or even months because software makers need to make auxiliary components such as an installer to set up the application on customers hardware. Replicated delivers ready-made components that save companies the hassle of creating them.

The company provides an installation engine that enables an app to be deployed on-premises or in a public cloud. It uses the open-source container orchestration software Kubernetes as the foundation on which applications are deployed. If the container framework isnt already setup in the customers environment, Replicated will embed this together with the app.

Users also get an administrator console for managing their various Replicated-powered app deployments. Through this console, customers can create backups of their apps and data, patch them and perform other maintenance tasks.

Traditionally, deploying on-premise software requires teams of engineers to build and maintain instances across a wide variety of environments,Replicated co-founder and Chief Executive Grant Miller told SiliconANGLE. A high level of customization and close work with a customer is necessary for each install and, as a result, this can slow down the process. Often professional services or field operations need to be involved in each customer install.

Other problems with on-premises deployments include the need for a much higher level of dedicated IT oversight and customer support after the initial install, Miller said. SaaS traditionally automates remediation and maintenance, which many on-premises implementations cannot do.

Replicateds platform is popular, used by more than half of enterprises in the Fortune 500. Many of those customers are software makers, including the likes of UiPath Inc., HashiCorp Inc., Puppet Inc., Rocket.Chat, Circle Internet Services, Inc. and PluralSight Inc.

Replicateds popularity might be surprising given the trend of delivering enterprise software in the cloud. But the company points out there are many scenarios when on-premises deployment might be preferable. It cites data from a recent survey by Dimensional Research of more than 400 software makers, which showed that over 90% reported growth in on-premises sales in the last five years. That proves there is still very strong demand for on-premises software.

Indeed, Miller reckons the future of software delivery will actually be multi-prem, where software makers will be able to deploy their applications on any customer environment with relative ease.

Over half of the on-premises software deployments done via Replicateds tools are actually deployed into a public cloud, which is why we call it multi-prem software, he said. Instead of a software vendor deploying the application into their own public cloud account and hosting it for the customer, were providing the enterprise with the necessary automation to host it themselves in whatever public cloud provider they prefer.

Miller said there are many situations where so-called multi-prem deployments are preferable to the cloud. For instance if an organization has security concerns, multi-prem software means that they can stop sending data out to hundreds or thousands of different app vendors and instead host their apps where their data resides, he said. This means organizations can maintain better control over the flow and visibility of their data.

Securing this funding will allow Replicated to continue revolutionizing how software is delivered and how enterprises manage it, Miller said.

Analyst Holger Mueller of Constellation Research Inc. told SiliconANGLE that despite all the talk about moving to the cloud, on-premises applications are alive and well, and with that comes a demand for on-premises automation, just as automation exists in the cloud.

Enterprises need to go on-premises for performance, data residency and sometimes just to keep old practices going, he said. The primary enabler of on-premises automation is Kubernetes and that is what Replicated is using to power its platform. Enterprises always welcome more options for deploying their applications, so todays funding is a good sign.

Moving forward, Replicated said todays funding will enable it to focus on accelerating growth and expanding into more markets around the world.

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On-premises IT infrastructure supports large companies' data and computing requirements, but such infrastructure often remains beyond the reach of today's startups and small businesses. Instead, these businesses can turn to data center as a service as an option to support their IT infrastructure needs.

The cloud offers cost savings and increased scalability for small but growing organizations. However, data availability and security issues often arise for businesses with cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures. Several data center providers offer DCaaS for organizations that require speed and adaptability in their IT infrastructure but can't afford the overhead costs that come with building and housing it on premises.

Organizations looking to divest themselves of hardware and the responsibility of looking after it should also consider DCaaS. The extensive options and combinations DCaaS can provide makes it increasingly attractive for certain larger organizations as well.

DCaaS is a hosting service in which a provider provisions physical data center infrastructure and facilities to clients. Clients rent or lease access to the provider's data center without purchasing or maintaining the hardware and facilities. In return, they get remote access to the data center's storage, server and networking resources through a wide area network (WAN).

DCaaS provides facilities and services such as power, cooling, racks, capital equipment, bandwidth and experienced IT staff to clients. Providers can tailor the service to each client's needs. Many organizations offload the hosting and management of nonessential applications and services to the DCaaS in order to reduce the physical limitations of their on-premises infrastructure.

However, WAN disruptions for organizations using a DCaaS can sometimes leave applications unavailable. Clearly defined service-level agreements outline what happens during an outage, but organizations considering DCaaS should think about the implications of unexpected downtime on their business.

Another factor to consider when choosing DCaaS is the state of the provider's organization. Like any other tech-based business, DCaaS providers are subject to the same pressures and challenges as the rest of the IT world. They might merge with other companies, endure staffing issues or even go out of business, leaving clients to recover and restore affected applications on their own.

Some organizations use multiple cloud services to meet different business needs. Many of these businesses seek to incorporate their multiple clouds into a single network, but this can present a difficult task. DCaaS providers, however, already design complex networks to meet their various clients' needs and can more easily stitch together a cohesive network from multiple cloud vendors.

Using multiple clouds with a DCaaS combines the public cloud's scalability with the increased security and control of a private one. This can ensure high availability of systems and limit risk of exposure for data and applications.

Smaller organizations often struggle to set up and maintain a private cloud because they lack the budget or resources for it. A DCaaS enables businesses such as these to enjoy the same IT infrastructure as larger organizations with less money or fewer resources. This in turn enables them to dedicate their resources elsewhere until they can make the investments larger organizations do at the start.

For example, a company can handle internal applications and services they wish to keep on-site, while they contract with a DCaaS provider to manage nonessential or noncore applications such as project management, payroll and sales reporting in the cloud.

Data centers offer continuous uptime, which is critical for technology-based organizations. Such businesses require reliable networks in order to deliver products and services to customers, and unexpected downtime can cause severe financial and reputational damage.

Combining a DCaaS with hybrid or multi-cloud architecture gives organizations redundancies and backups that create flexibility when disaster strikes. In addition, a DCaaS' remote resources can help them identify potential problems and deal with them efficiently ahead of time to avoid costly disruptions.

Scaling IT infrastructure always presents a problem for IT pros, no matter the size of the organization. Data centers always require more capacity, facilities and budget to keep pace with business growth, but the organization's private cloud or on-premises infrastructure might limit that growth.

Partnering with a DCaaS ensures organizations always have IT resources at the exact moment they need them. Scaling up or down only requires an adjustment to monthly billing or subscriptions.

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Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has reminded us of the time when Twitter misdetected the overexcited developer emissions from the 2011 Build conference as a denial-of-service attack and hit the mute button.

Chen is curiously quiet on what caused the volume of messages to spike so during the keynote. The Register is happy to remind him that Build 2011 was when Steven Sinofsky showed off Windows 8 to a horrified/delighted world.

As the keynote rolled on, and the majesty of Sinofsky's ambition was revealed, delegates took to Twitter then not yet five years old to express their feelings on the matter. And Twitter went down.

Or rather, it went down for those at the convention centre in Anaheim, California.

Many of us have experienced the unalloyed delight of conference Wi-Fi (and any speakers brave enough to use it for demonstrations get an automatic bonus point for sheer courage) but the specific nature of the problem left those responsible for the network scratching their heads.

"Eventually," said Chen, "somebody called Twitter technical support to get some help with the problem, and they learned that Twitter blocked all traffic from the convention center because it looked like a denial-of-service attack."

"Nope," was the response from Microsofties, "we just have a lot of excited developers."

Excited was not perhaps the word we'd use as the overhaul was revealed, along with an upcoming Windows Store and Metro apps that would run on Intel and Arm hardware alike. Then again, free Samsung fondleslabs were also given to attendees so perhaps all the "Free Stuff!" tweets were what tipped the scales at Twitter HQ.

In the end, developers stayed away from the Store in their droves and Microsoft spent the next decade backing away from Sinofsky's vision following Windows 8's 2012 release (Sinofsky himself would leave shortly after).

The good news was that a call to support ("I had no idea that Twitter even had a technical support phone number," said Chen) got the ban lifted, permitting users to share in the thrill of Windows 8's introduction.

"I recall that some attendees complained that the wireless access during the keynote was terrible," said Chen, "though they didn't name Twitter specifically."

"Well, now you know why. And it was partly your fault."

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Managed Services Market with COVID-19 Impact Analysis, by Service Type (Managed Security, Managed Network, and Managed Data Center and IT Infrastructure), Vertical, Organization Size, Deployment Type, and Region - Global Forecast to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global Managed Services market size is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period, to reach USD 354.8 billion by 2026 from USD 242.9 billion in 2021.

SMEs seek to adopt more managed services as the IT spending among SMEs is predicted to have a significant increase. Especially in Europe, according to a study, the CAGR for IT spend by SMEs in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) between 2018 and 2023 is expected to be 3.8%, compared with 2.7% for the market overall, these accounted for 35.8% of IT spending in EMEA in 2019.

The rise in IT spending by SMEs is expected to fuel the demand for MSPs, as they adopt cloud, automate services, and explore advanced digital technologies. These technologies have made the provision of managed services to smaller businesses much more cost-effective and efficient.

SMEs are more at risk of cybercrime than enterprises. According to the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses. SMEs face significant budget constraints and need to maintain compliance and data protection laws.

Another study shows that nearly 65%, 50%, 47%, and 30% of the enterprise consider the desire to reduce CAPEX and other costs, increase efficiency, overcome internal skills shortages, and address security concerns, respectively, are the drivers for managed services adoption among SMEs. Hence, they are reaching out to MSPs to tackle these challenges.

According to the Datto study, only 3 out of 10 SMEs in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Australia are outsourcing some or all of their IT needs; thus, there is a huge untapped potential in the SMEs segment.

The managed IT infrastructure and Data Center segment is expected to hold a larger market size during the forecast period.

Enterprises are adopting digital technologies, such as cloud computing, mobility, IoT, Big data, and predictive analytics, at a high rate across the world. These disruptive technologies are driving the digital revolution by breaking the barriers between the physical and digital worlds.

These advancements empower almost all the verticals, including IT and telecom, healthcare and life sciences, retail and consumer goods, BFSI, manufacturing, among others, in terms of improved performance, faster time to market, and increased customer experience. However, managing an IT environment is a major concern for CIOs. Most IT enterprises are dedicating most of their time in the cycles of a plan, building, running, and maintaining IT with untrained IT employees.

The lack of IT skilled professionals is the major challenge faced by CIOs. MSPs can address this issue and provide cost-effective solutions while also keeping the security aspect in mind. Managed data center and IT infrastructure services are further divided into managed print services, managed disaster recovery, server management, storage and backup, technical support and maintenance, and others (application & middleware management and database management).

The Banking, financial services, and insurance vertical expected to hold the largest market share in 2020

BFSI enterprises need highly complex IT infrastructure to maintain and manage data from trading instruments to record-keeping, as well as reporting and calculations. Apart from this, there are multiple stringent regulations and compliance that BFSI enterprises are supposed to comply with. Enterprises are highly charged for violation of these regulations. Hence, to avoid fines, enterprises require managed services.

This is creating opportunities for MSPs. Financial transactions involve exchanging information with customers or internally; IT services are essential to their success. Hence, BFSI enterprises need MSPs to help provide services for ultra-low latency trading, market data, hosting, and infrastructure connectivity, and risk management solutions.

Data encryption and secure backup are highly demanded by these enterprises, along with a full range of Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) solutions to meet federal compliance regulations. MSPs specializing in BDR for financial services help these businesses protect sensitive information, mitigate downtime, and promote overall business continuity. Managed network, managed security, and managed IT infrastructure are the most popular managed services across the BFSI vertical.

North America to hold the largest market size and Asia Pacific (APAC) to grow at a higher rate during the forecast period

APAC is one of the fastest-growing regions in terms of technology adoption, and the demand for digitization is driven by various initiatives carried out by different governments and large enterprises in the region. Countries such as China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, India, and Indonesia are leading this technology adoption, which includes embracing new-age technologies such as AI, edge, IoT, analytics, and cloud.

The region houses a large number of enterprises related to manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation and logistics, chemicals, and aerospace, which is further expected to drive the demand for managed services. Rapid advancements in telecommunications, cloud computing, and IoT have led several organizations to adopt cloud-based strategies.

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