Technology Magazine July 2017 | Page 88

Head in the clouds
ACCELERIS

Acceleris has evolved from a small-scale reseller of microsystems to an ISO certified cloud service solutions provider . With plans to continue to push the boundaries of its offering , the sky really is the limit for Acceleris

In the modern world of technology , IT and ICT systems software play a crucial part in almost every industry across the world . The task for companies is how to leverage their IT software to generate greater efficiencies and more importantly , lower operating costs . The technology in IT is transforming , with Big Data , IoT and cloud based software taking over , realising the cost benefits from innovation can prove a tricky business . This is where Acceleris comes in to play .

An industry leader , providing ISO certified IT service solutions in Switzerland , Acceleris stands tall as ‘ the ’ go-to solutions provider , promising high and consistent quality solutions .
But life at the company did not always revolve around cloud based solutions .

Head in the clouds

Acceleris was founded in 2003 by Pascal Stürchler as a reseller of Sun microsystems , and through a difficult period of searching for partnerships that would enable the company to grow into a systems integrator and further down the line a cloud service provider , Stürchler refocused the company through two major partners in Red Hat and Oracle .
“ We really moved from being a classical IT reseller who was just selling hardware and software and became a service provider for cloud solutions ,” says Stürchler .
Today , the company focuses on the delivery of cloud services and infrastructure .
“ We help the customers run really largescale infrastructure and help them operate said infrastructure properly , with high efficiency and
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