Unitas Global Announces OpenStack Liberty Availability for Its Enterprise Cloud Service

LOS ANGELES — March 16, 2016 Unitas Global, the leading enterprise cloud solution provider, today announces the availability of its newest Enterprise Cloud solution built on OpenStack Liberty, the 12th version of the most widely deployed open source software for building clouds. This release further supports the company’s mission of providing fully-managed and hosted cloud services to enterprise organizations looking to take advantage of open source hybrid cloud computing without traditional vendor lock-in and the challenges associated with building and operating production-grade cloud environments.

“OpenStack’s 12th release represents a significant milestone in terms of technical maturity and enables even more enterprises to make the move to open, hybrid cloud computing environments,” says Grant Kirkwood, Founder & CTO of Unitas Global. “Unitas helps architect and guide enterprise customers through deploying and operating custom OpenStack environments to create open, dynamic and production-grade clouds without the complexity and hassle associated with going it alone.”

Cloud adoption will continue to soar amongst enterprises as they look to meet growing needs for greater agility, scale and intelligence, with over half deploying hybrid solutions by 2017, according to Gartner. However, common challenges such as lack of necessary implementation, monitoring and management tools or resources, security and compliance concerns inhibit these critical migrations in both new companies and experienced outsourcers alike. Similarly, while recent reports from both Gartner and Forrester endorse OpenStack adoption, one Forrester report stating its “viability and presence in the market irrefutable”, the software must still be combined with numerous other components including the data center, network, compute, storage, operations and management to obtain a production-grade private or hybrid cloud necessary to support enterprises globally.

Built on OpenStack Liberty, Unitas’ latest enterprise cloud service makes the migration to open, hybrid cloud computing fast, simple and worry-free, while providing enterprises with flexible, secure cloud environments that can be supported dynamically as technology service and features continue to evolve. These custom, compliant and dedicated cloud-based IT environments are also easy-to-consume, fully managed, hosted and backed by an end-to-end Service Level Agreement (SLA), guaranteeing application uptime.

Key features and differentiators of Unitas’ new Enterprise Private Cloud service built on OpenStack Liberty include:

  • enhanced security features including secure data messaging, encryption and physical separation of tenants, as well as full SOC2, ISO:27001 and HIPAA compliance;
  • deployment validation, performance testing and benchmarking;
  • bare metal and virtual machine management as well as full visibility into the OpenStack environment via Unitas’ AtlasTM unified monitoring platform;
  • native container management (Kubernetes, Docker, Swarm, and Mesos);
  • tremendous scalability and geographic reach through use of Nova compute cells;
  • uniform configuration management; and
  • enterprise-grade reliability and stability.

If you are interested in learning more about Unitas Global and its latest Enterprise Cloud solution built on OpenStack Liberty, please visit www.unitasglobal.com/solution-openstack.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

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Unitas Global
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Unitas Global to Sponsor Women in the Channel Networking Event at Channel Partners

LAS VEGAS – March 15, 2016 Unitas Global, the leading Enterprise Cloud Solutions provider, announced today that they are a silver sponsor at the 11th Women in the Channel (WiC) Networking and Enrichment Event during Channel Partners Conference & Expo. The WiC event will be held from 5-8 p.m., March 15, 2016, in Galileo 1001 at the Venetian Sands Expo & Convention Center.

The event will draw approximately 200 attendees and will include peer networking and a progress report on WiC’s many initiatives. The event’s theme “Go Big with Gender Diversity” will feature a gender-diverse panel discussion on the benefits of fostering female leadership. In addition, WiC will open this event to men in the channel on an invitation-only basis in order to foster greater understanding and collaboration.

“Women in the Channel events would not be possible without the generosity of sponsors like Unitas Global,” said WiC President Hilary Gadda, director of the partner program at TelePacific Communications. “We sincerely appreciate the efforts of companies like Unitas Global that help to shine on a spotlight on our industry’s hard-working women.”

“Unitas Global is dedicated to supporting intelligent, talented women in technology, and through our ongoing participation with Women in Channel, we’re able to share that with the channel community,” said Farrah Kashef, Founder & EVP of Business Development at Unitas Global.

“As an entirely volunteer-led organization, our sponsors are the lifeblood to our event’s longevity,” said WiC Sponsorship Chair and Board Member Rebecca Rosen, President of Sales Enabled. “Thanks to companies like Unitas Global, we not only provide these bi-annual networking events, but also ongoing education and mentoring programs. We are thrilled to see so many generous companies support Women in the Channel.”

The Women in the Channel Networking Event is open to all women attending the Channel Partners event. It is FREE to all WiC members and $20 for non-members. To register for the event and/or to become a WiC member, please click here.

Companies interested in sponsoring the event can find more information on the WiC website by clicking here.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

About Women in Channel

Established in 2010, Women in the Channel’s mission is collaboration through Identity and Relationships to grow business. WiC is a grassroots organization made up of women who are in leadership, ownership and revenue generating roles in the alternate sales channel sector of the telecommunications industry. Month after month, these women are responsible for generating sales for their companies and creating wealth for their families. WiC members are wives and mothers and sisters, and a high percentage of us are the main breadwinners in our families. WiC brings together this group because in an industry that is growing, expanding and changing the number of women at such levels is not matching that growth. To learn more and to become a member, please visit www.womeninthechannel.org.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global Selected By Monterey Bay Aquarium for Comprehensive Cloud Solution

LOS ANGELES – July 28, 2015 Unitas Global, a leading enterprise cloud solutions provider, announced that they were selected by Monterey Bay Aquarium to design, implement and manage their private cloud solution.

Monterey Bay Aquarium selected Unitas Global as their cloud solutions provider to lower overall IT costs, advance their technologies, and ensure environmental sustainability.

“We are thrilled to work with the Monterey Bay Aquarium,” said Lawrence Lee, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Partner Alliances at Unitas Global. “We’ve implemented a strong, updated infrastructure, so the aquarium can focus on achieving its mission to inspire ocean conservation.”

Unitas Global is providing their custom-designed Enterprise Private Cloud solution through the following key solution partners: Equinix, and their data center in San Jose, a facility located near the aquarium; NetApp, using their innovative storage solution with redundant technology; and VMware, virtualizing many of the existing physical servers to reduce the current carbon footprint. This infrastructure, paired with Unitas Atlas® is providing the platform needed for the Aquarium to achieve its strategic technology plan, and maintain Monterey Bay Aquarium’s standing as one of the best aquariums in the world.

Unitas Global has architected a complete private cloud environment for the Monterey Bay Aquarium through the combination of dedicated IT infrastructure, modern cloud technology, and by implementing multiple facets of IT (data center, network, compute, storage, software, operations & management) into a single, secure, end-to-end solution.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global Launches Unitas Atlas™ at Channel Partners Las Vegas

Los Angeles, California – March 16, 2015 — Unitas Global, a leading cloud solutions provider for enterprise clients, today officially launches its hybrid cloud monitoring and management platform Unitas Atlas™. With new capabilities designed to make managing complex multi-cloud infrastructure easy, Unitas Atlas™ serves as an expansion and replacement of the company’s previous monitoring platform, Unitas Atlas™.

In the cloud market, enterprise businesses have been lacking the tools and resources that allow them to easily and fully monitor and manage their hybrid cloud environments. As a direct result of this feedback from their customers, Unitas Atlas™ provides advanced hybrid cloud management, multi-cloud mapping and public and private cloud optimization – all within a “single pane of glass” dashboard. With this comprehensive view, Unitas Atlas™ customers realize an end-to-end SLA that encompasses the entire IT ecosystem.

Unitas Atlas™ was recently deployed for a global, enterprise client with 800 locations and over 2,500 managed endpoints. The system successfully mapped the entire environment within 48 hours, allowing Unitas Global to assume management responsibility for the client’s IT operations, while providing a comprehensive view the client had never before had access to.

“We are very excited about the launch of Unitas Atlas,” said Patrick Shutt, CEO of Unitas Global. “Not only does Unitas Atlas™ support our mission of bringing clarity to the cloud for our clients, but it allows for us to truly support the services and cloud solutions we provide.”

Unitas Atlas™ is available to clients as a standalone service or as part of a fully-managed enterprise cloud solution. Unitas Atlas™ is supported by the Unitas Global Cloud Management Center, which provides 24x7x365 monitoring, management and support for clients. Unitas Atlas will be showcased for the first time at the Channel Partner Expo from March 16-18th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. In the coming months, the company will further develop this platform to cater to the evolving demands of the cloud market, continuing the dedication to providing clients with the most innovative technology solutions.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global and Alert Logic Announce Strategic Partnership

LOS ANGELES – January 20, 2015 Unitas Global, the leading cloud solution provider, today announced their strategic partnership with Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud. Together, Unitas and Alert Logic will offer clients comprehensive, innovative and secure cloud solutions and services.

“Alert Logic is a definitive leader in the cloud security space,” said Lawrence Lee, EVP of Partner Alliances at Unitas Global. “This partnership both enhances Unitas’ managed security solutions and exemplifies of our commitment to client security.”

“Our goal is to help companies leverage all the benefits of cloud computing knowing that their data is secure and protected,” said Kyle Smith, Senior Director of Partner Marketing for Alert Logic. “By partnering with Unitas Global, users get market-leading cloud security products – built specifically for the cloud – combined with the 24×7 monitoring that a strong security posture requires.”

Moving forward, Unitas Global and Alert Logic will offer Unitas’ enterprise cloud solutions, like Enterprise Private Cloud, in tandem with Alert Logic’s comprehensive managed security portfolio. Unitas clients will be able to capitalize on Alert Logic’s complete suite of products, services and solutions – products like Alert Logic Threat Manager, Alert Logic Log Manager and Alert Logic Web Security Manager.

For more information on Alert Logic please Alert Logic. For more information on Unitas Global, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

Equinix has 11 data centers across five key markets in Asia-Pacific, in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai. The company services more than 900 customers in the region, including cloud and IT service providers such as Voxel, IBM, Kyocera and Fujitsu.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global Featured in CIO100 – 100 Most Promising Technology Companies

LOS ANGELES – October 23, 2014 Unitas Global, the leading provider of enterprise private cloud solutions, has been featured in CIO Review’s “CIO100 – 100 Most Promising Technology Companies.” CIO Review is a technology magazine that talks about the enterprise solutions that can redefine the business goals of enterprises tomorrow.

“Unitas Global’s commitment to delivering exceptional Enterprise Private Cloud services made them an obvious choice for the CIO Review team,” said CIO Review’s Managing Editor, Christo Jacob. “The Unitas EPC solution is not only comprehensive in it’s three-tier approach, but their operational excellence delivering cloud services makes them an exciting up and coming cloud provider.”

The Unitas Global Enterprise Private Cloud is best described as a three-tier solution. The cloud infrastructure serves as tier one – the foundation of the cloud environment includes key components like local and wide area networking, load balancing, compute, virtualization, storage and security solutions. Tier two is the monitoring platform Unitas Atlas, in which all of a client’s environment can be monitored with real-time diagnostics and alerts. Finally, tier three is the CLOUDCONTROL software that allows for streamlined provisioning of the environment’s cloud resources. The entire Enterprise Private Cloud solution is then wrapped in an end-to-end SLA.

“We’re excited and honored that CIO Review has featured us as a Most Promising Technology Company this year,” said Grant Kirkwood, CTO and Founder of Unitas Global. “As the foundation of our ever-expanding cloud services portfolio, EPC is an all encompassing infrastructure solution, and merely the tip of the iceberg in regards to Unitas Global’s capabilities. My recent transition to CTO allows me to give even greater focus to our strategic technology initiatives, serving as yet another example of Unitas’ ongoing commitment to delivering innovative cloud solutions.”

To learn more about CIO Review please visit www.cioreview.com. To learn more about Unitas Global and Enterprise Private Cloud, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global Recognized by CRN as a 2014 Emerging Cloud Vendor

LOS ANGELES– October 16, 2014 Unitas Global, a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions, announced it has been recognized as one of 2014’s Emerging Cloud Vendors by CRN, the top news source for solution providers and the IT channel. The annual Emerging Vendors list identifies up-and-coming technology vendors that have introduced innovative new products, creating opportunities for channel partners in North America to create high-margin, cutting-edge solutions for their customers.

Unitas Global’s cornerstone cloud offering is their Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC). EPC is the combination of dedicated IT infrastructure and modern cloud technology. By melding multiple facets of IT (data center, network, compute, storage, software, operations & management) into a single, secure, end-to-end solution, Unitas Global can deliver your private cloud environment as a monthly service.

“Solution providers are always on the hunt for the next big technology trend so that they can bring new solutions to their customers before they even know they need them. These vendors are on the forefront of IT innovation and are offering products and services that channel partners can use to stay ahead of the competition,” said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company, publisher of CRN. “We congratulate 2014’s Emerging Vendors for creating the next wave of technology that will drive the IT industry forward and for opening the door to new, unique solutions from the IT channel.”

“Unitas is ecstatic to be featured in CRN’s Emerging Vendor list,” said Farrah Kashef, EVP of Business Development and Co-Founder of Unitas Global, “Our Enterprise Private Cloud has quickly become a leading solution in the private cloud space and we’re excited to continue growing our cloud services portfolio.”

Companies included in CRN’s 2014 Emerging Vendors list were founded in 2008 or later and are actively working with channel partners in North America. The list, along with information about each vendor, will be published in CRN’s August 2014 issue and will also be available online at www.crn.com.

For more information about Unitas Global and Enterprise Private Cloud, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com

Unitas Global Named Best Place to Work in LA for Second Year in a Row

Los Angeles, California – October 2, 2014 Unitas Global has been recognized as one of the best places to work in the Los Angeles area for the second time in two years.

Unitas and the other Top 100 winners were honored at The Best Places to Work awards luncheon on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. Unitas Global received the award for 5th Best Place to Work in Los Angeles.

The “Best Places to Work in Los Angeles” survey and recognition program is dedicated to identifying and recognizing the best employers in Los Angeles County. The program is managed by Best Companies Group and presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

“Unitas Global is ecstatic to make the ‘Best Places to Work in LA’ list once again,” said Farrah Kashef, EVP of Business Development and Co-Founder of Unitas Global. “Jumping up a spot in the rankings from number six to number five is an exciting celebration for the Unitas team.”

Unitas Global recently moved their headquarters into a 13,00 square foot office in Downtown Los Angeles’ historic Old Bank District. A fully stocked speakeasy bar, complete with a bookcase-disguised door, makes working at Unitas a unique and fun experience.

About Unitas Global
Unitas Global is a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions. The Unitas Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC) solution provides clients with custom, highly secure and dedicated cloud-based IT environments that are easy-to-consume, fully managed and backed by an end-to-end SLA, guaranteeing application uptime. By offloading day-to-day infrastructure operations to Unitas Global, our clients are able to refocus and optimize their internal IT resources toward their business-centric initiatives. Unitas is headquartered in Los Angeles, with clients and locations spanning the globe. For more information, please visit www.unitasglobal.com.

For Unitas Global Inquiries:
Michelle Weiss
Unitas Global
+1 213.785.6200
michelle.weiss@unitasglobal.com