iland Opens Canadian Cloud Region with New Data Center Facility in Toronto

HOUSTON, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- iland, an industry-leading provider of secure application and data protection cloud services built on proven VMware technology, today announced a new cloud region in Canada with the opening of its new data center facility in Toronto, Ontario, joining nine other cloud regions in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, D.C., London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.

The new iland cloud region provides access to the company's full suite of secure cloud services built on iland's Secure Cloud Platform, including Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Backup as a Service (BaaS), and backup services for Office 365, in addition to Cloud Object Storage available later in the year. The Toronto facility is iland's first cloud region in Canada with plans for an additional Canadian location later this year.

With this new cloud region, iland is offering additional opportunities to its existing North American channel partners and is actively engaging new partners in the region, especially those with customers using VMware and Veeam solutions.

"By extending iland services into Canada, we can better serve new customers and partners who seek the benefits of cloud computing, but must also meet Canada's data sovereignty requirements," said iland President and Co-founder Brian Ussher. "Many of our North American customers and partners have operations that span across the United States and Canada border. Meeting the security and environmental standards of both sides will give them the peace of mind that their data and workloads are both proximal and secure."

Secure Inside and Out
Expansion into Canada provides unmatched cloud services to customers in North America, while meeting the stringent demands of Canadian data security and privacy regulations. The new 242,000 square-foot facility includes security officers working 24 hours a day, seven days a week; provides numerous physical security measures; and it meets the certification requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 27001, CSA STAR and BS 10012.

Designed Green
iland's new cloud region is designed green to meet environmental demands of Canadian consumers and regulations, earning it a Gold level for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The building includes granular-temperature and optimized-lighting controls, a rainwater capture irrigation system, cold aisle containment and high-efficiency-Turbocor chillers.

The opening of iland's 10th cloud region is the first major announcement of this year, coming off a highly successful 2019, which included the following accomplishments:

• Achieving VMware Cloud Verified status
• Extending its leader position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for four straight years
• Being named for the third time as Zerto's Cloud Service Partner of the Year
• Receiving a 5-star rating in CRN's 2019 Partner Program Guide
• Being named Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year by Veeam

About iland
iland is a global cloud service provider of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS) and backup as a service (BaaS). They are recognized by industry analysts as a leader in disaster recovery. The award-winning iland Secure Cloud Console natively combines deep layered security, predictive analytics and compliance to deliver unmatched visibility and ease of management for all of iland's cloud services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas and London, UK, iland delivers cloud services from its cloud regions throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Learn more at http://www.iland.com.

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