Private Cloud That Keeps Your Data Under Your Control
HTL Support designs and runs private cloud platforms for organisations that need tight control over where data lives and how it’s accessed. Whether you keep systems on-premise or in secure UK datacentres, we combine proven technologies with ongoing support so your users can work from anywhere without compromising compliance.
Serviced Cloud Private Cloud offers benefits that are simply indispensable for companies that are required to maintain data in their own offices, or on their own equipment in data centres. To enable you to meet this compliance requirement, our consulting and engineering services come together to build your company its own Private Cloud platform.
This could be maintained in your office ‘on-premise’, or hosted in a data centre by us. Whatever the most appropriate solution, your client and confidential data never leaves the real estate or hardware estate of your company.
- Eliminates 'on-premise' server infrastructure (data centre hosted solution)
- Data never leaves your network
- Employees are able to work from any location and from any device (BYOD)
- Reduces network infrastructure and management costs
This combination is ideal for organisations that need the flexibility of cloud with the reassurance that sensitive data remains on their own hardware or in dedicated UK datacentres.
Why Choose Private Cloud Instead of a Standard Public Cloud?
Public cloud services are powerful, but they’re not always the right answer on their own. For some businesses, regulatory requirements, client commitments or internal policies demand greater control over where data is stored and how platforms are configured.
A private cloud gives you:
Control
Location certainty
Performance
Integration
What’s Included in Our Private Cloud Service
We design, build and support the full stack of your private cloud platform. Typical elements include:
- Design and sizing of the platform based on your workloads
- Build and configuration in your office or in our chosen datacentre
- Migration of applications and data from legacy servers
- Integration with identity, networking and security controls
- Ongoing monitoring, patching and capacity management
- Support for users accessing applications or full virtual desktops
Private cloud is usually delivered as part of our wider Cloud Solutions and Managed IT Services, so it fits neatly into your overall IT Support London agreement.
Best-of-Breed Platforms Behind Your Private Cloud
Your new Cloud platform is built on tried and trusted technology from world leading software and hardware vendors.
It hosts all your business applications, including Portfolio Management, accounting and trading software.
Your users gain access via browser-based applications or complete Virtual Desktops, depending on your requirements.
Our Customers Exemplify Our Solutions and Services
Chartered Accountants
“An HTL engineer supported the changeover to ensure all data was migrated…”
Professional firms, financial services and other SMEs already rely on our private cloud platforms to deliver line-of-business applications securely and reliably.
Integrated Voice and Data
Our extensive experience of integrating voice and data onto cloud platforms provides a range of communication solutions. From simple telephony right through to full collaboration with document sharing and video conferencing, you get the tools to be efficient and productive.
Using systems such as Avaya IP office and Microsoft Lync (Skype for Business), your cloud data systems can run seamlessly alongside your Phone and Voice Systems.
Thin and Zero Clients
The computing power of desktop PCs is seldom fully utilised. They consume energy unnecessarily and are simply way over spec for anyone but ‘power users’ – people doing graphics, video or CAD based work. Replacing standard PCs with Thin or Zero clients has significant benefits:
- Reduced TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
- 50% capital cost reduction
- Installed and running in 10 minutes slashes deployment and support costs
- Significant administrative savings from simplified management
- 80% reduction in energy consumption
- No need to worry about viruses on user machines
- Lower network bandwidth required
Business Continuity
Redundancy plays a key role in ensuring Business Continuity in the event of hardware failure.
Building hardware redundancy into cloud platforms is considerably more affordable (and reliable!) than implementing redundancy into traditional client/server networks.
Our cloud platform redundancy replicates all your data to a backup site and this is switched on and available within minutes of a disaster.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the difference between private cloud and public cloud?
Public cloud services run on shared infrastructure owned and operated by a cloud provider. A private cloud is built on dedicated resources – either in your own office, on your own hardware in a datacentre, or in a segregated platform we manage for you. The private model gives you more control over where data lives and how the platform is configured, while still delivering many of the benefits of cloud.
Where would our private cloud be hosted?
That depends on your requirements. We can build a platform on-premise in your own office, or host it in a secure UK datacentre operated by HTL and our partners. In either case, the platform is designed so that sensitive data remains within your own real estate or dedicated hardware estate, as described in the original private cloud overview.
Can you help us migrate from our existing servers into a private cloud?
Yes. A large part of our work involves moving line-of-business applications and data from ageing servers into properly designed private cloud platforms. We plan the migration, build the new environment, move workloads in a controlled way and test thoroughly, often combining this with our IT Infrastructure & Operations and IT Service Continuity services.
How does private cloud support remote and hybrid working?
Private cloud works hand in hand with secure remote access and virtual desktops. Users can connect from almost any device, including BYOD, while applications and data remain in the controlled environment of the private cloud. This aligns well with our Hosted Desktop and Remote IT Support services.
Is private cloud more expensive than public cloud?
It depends on scale, performance requirements and how long you plan to run the platform. Private cloud can be very cost-effective when you need predictable performance, specific compliance controls or when you’re consolidating multiple on-premise servers. We’ll compare private, public and hybrid options as part of a detailed proposal, using our IT Support Costs and Managed IT Services frameworks to keep pricing transparent.
How is backup and disaster recovery handled in a private cloud?
Backups and disaster recovery are built into the design – not bolted on afterwards. We typically replicate data to a secondary site and use tools such as Veeam Online Backup to protect critical workloads. In the event of a serious failure, the backup environment can be brought online within minutes, supporting your wider Backup & Disaster Recovery and IT Service Continuity plans, as outlined in the existing Business Continuity section.
Ready to Explore Private Cloud
for Your Business?
If you need tighter control over data, better resilience or a more modern platform for your core applications, a private cloud could be the right next step. We’ll help you compare options and design a solution that fits your organisation rather than forcing you into a one-size-fits-all model.