Cloud Services
Quartet has invested over $15 Million in hosted infrastructure. This includes a private cloud, data storage, hosted telephony and a fibre optic network. These investments give Quartet customers access to Enterprise-Level technology, creating opportunities that wouldn’t normally be feasible.
Our IT services are 100% scalable, letting your IT grow with your business. All equipment is owned and operated in Canada, and are only available through private connections.
- Seamless Networking. The convenience of cloud computing without the risks and restrictions.
- Local Infrastructure. Local Canadian transport and storage of data ensures compliance with privacy legislation.
- Privately Owned. Infrastructure 100% owned by Quartet. No white labelling.
- Flexible Solutions. Each virtualization project is unique. Our approach is custom tailored to your needs.
- At A Glance
- Hosted Virtual Servers
- Server Co-location
- DR Flex
- Internet
- Web Site Hosting
- Hosted PBX
- Hosted VoIP
- Hosted Email
What is the Quartet Cloud
The Quartet Cloud is a reliable and cost-effective alternative to using a server without purchasing your own hardware, applications and services to manage this. Our cloud is built on our high-performance virtual servers, based in Toronto. This means you have guaranteed security and privacy over company and client data because it stays within Canadian borders. You will also have control over a cloud environment that fits your needs. Plus, we’ll manage and monitor the servers for you.
Why move to the Quartet Cloud
Not sure if you should move to a cloud service? Whether you’re virtualizing your infrastructure or need a temporary workspace, the Quartet Cloud allows you to:
- Have broad accessibility to your network
- Lower operational overhead
- Significantly reduce capital investments
- Gain flexibility to manage peak times
- Prepare for disaster recovery and increase business continuity
- Test different software and applications on multiple servers
- Keep public-facing websites and applications isolated from office networks
- Accomplish project requirements with flexibility
Our Solution Offerings
Our self-serve model allows you to select a plan that fits your needs and let’s you administrate your servers. If you need more space, simply upgrade. You can rebuild your servers using a variety of operating systems and access recovery for troubleshooting.
Our Quartet-administered model is more suitable for businesses looking to virtualize their infrastructure. We administrate the servers, and provide backup and disaster recovery solutions. We will also provide you help desk and onsite support, server monitoring and patch management.
With Quartet, we have achieved significant reductions in server costs.
Store Your Server Offsite
Quartet Server Co-Location allows you to operate your servers while we provide you a secure and monitored IT hardware facility. We will look after the network infrastructure and the operation of the data centre facilities, including power sources, cooling and network connectivity. Your company can focus on the operation of your business rather than the IT infrastructure behind it.
Sophisticated environment & security measures keeps your data safe at all times.
All of our managed servers are protected by the following:
- Locked server cabinets.
- Keyed access and electronic security measures.
- On-site security personnel and support technicians.
- Redundant connectivity.
- Fire alarm, smoke detection, and fire suppression system.
- Humidity and temperature monitoring.
- UPS and generator power backup.
- HVAC cooling system for protection of equipment.
Quartet’s scalable service has saved us (on) infrastructure costs, we only increased our storage when needed.
Customized Disaster Recovery Plans
As an IT service provider, we’re able to personalize your disaster recovery plan to compliment your IT network.
We consider:
- Application type and use
- Amount of data
- Processing power requirements
- Industry regulations
- Location
Our DR Flex Service provides more accurate provisioning of DR assets. We give better protection for those who are under-protected and lowers the overall cost of disaster recovery plans for companies over-protected.
Disaster Recovery takes preventative backup to the next level by replicating your systems to an off-site location. Should a flood, power surge or fire cripple your server infrastructure, Quartet can arrange for a temporary server, and rapid image restoration, getting you back online within a matter of hours. Our approach is built on system virtualization, routine backups and achieving geographic high availability.
We invested in our own multi-tenant server farms, and we own a private area network for data transfer.
We are able to configure:
- Mean Time to Recovery
- Back up amount, type and speed
- Processing power
- Bandwidth
- Operating system
- Service and Support levels
To explore DR Flex for your company, schedule a free 30 min meeting with one of our sales engineers. We will provide you the costs, capabilities and service guarantees of a DR Flex plan.
In our recent After-Hours disaster, Quartet’s team had us up in running within minutes. The incident call was warm and friendly and I was quite pleasantly surprised by the result.
Toronto’s Private Fibreoptic Network
Corporate Internet Access gives small and mid-tier companies enterprise features normally only available to large corporate companies. Our clients have access to:
- redundant sources
- scalable capacity
- consistent upload and download speeds
- privacy terminals
- managed “Class A” firewall protection.
- burst speeds up to 1000 MB/s
Capacity is scalable to a variety of business needs.
Quartet uses two internet sources simultaneously to ensure continuous service and to provide support if one line experiences a disruption. Accessing our corporate internet does not require a special modem or router, just a plug-in Ethernet connection.
Quartet has been a great provider. We are saving time and money for not having to deal with billing related incidents.
Host your website in a secure and managed environment
Host your website on our private servers in downtown Toronto. We manage, maintain and back-up our servers so you can use it without any problems. You’ll also avoid extra costs associated with international regulation.
You’ll have access to:
- Unlimited Domains
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Expandable Disk Space
- Hacker Monitoring
- Process Management
- Patch and Version Management
- Network and Server Monitoring
- Unlimited Email Accounts
My web site was receiving a lot of spam and junk mail until I moved over to Quartet’s hosting site. Quartet’s setup was quick and their support team made the transition effortless. I am happy to be a Quartet customer.
Turnkey Telephony
A Hosted PBX (Private Branch Exchanges) telephone system is the private telephone network you’re familiar with, without an in-house PBX telephone service.
We’ve networked close to twenty buildings in downtown Toronto with fibre-optic cables and we’ve connected hundreds of users through neighbouring buildings. This means the service is ready when you take occupancy.
Our Hosted PBX telephone service is extremely flexible with custom options on a per-customer basis. There are no specific bundles to purchase, and the system is scalable to your business with no hardware changes.
There’s freedom when you use our hosted PBX system. Our telephony specialists are located in Toronto. They are able to respond to your telecom requests quickly, and in most cases, they’re only an elevator ride away.
Quartet hosts PBX systems in Toronto’s downtown entertainment district and financial district, mid-town North York, Pearson International Airport (Mississauga) and the Markham/Richmond Hill area.
Quartet knows our phone system backwards and forwards.
VoIP Design and Deployment
Our business VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) system allows you to use internet telephony. Calls have more clarity, you will reduce your in-house infrastructure and you are able to integrate your telephony system into your digital work space.
How can you use VoIP?
- Directing external calls to your cell phone and routing other calls to voicemail
- Receiving voicemail transcribed in an email or text message
- Integrating a phone line into a CRM
- Video calls on a desk or video phone
Quartet can work with your organization at all steps of the VoIP deployment process:
- Consultants will review your specific requirements.
- Engineers will develop a comprehensive technology roadmap.
- Technicians will perform the hands-on work.
- Our Help Desk team will provide follow-up troubleshooting and administrative support.
- Hosted VoIP Service
Quartet’s network experience is invaluable in dealing with our VoIP network.
Hosted business-class email
Do you have reliable access to your email from wherever the day takes you? Are you concerned about privacy issues with your email? Is your IT staff burdened with having to do more with less resources?
No matter how you run your business, Microsoft Exchange Online can help. With Exchange Online, you get best-in-class hosted email, calendar, and contacts on your PC, phone, tablet, and web browsers so you can have anywhere access to your information with easy IT management and enterprise-class security and reliability. Exchange Online is available as a standalone plan or as part of the comprehensive Office 365 cloud services that combines the familiar Office applications with business email by Exchange Online, web conferencing by Lync Online, and document sharing by SharePoint Online.
Setting up Quartet’s email service was seamless and easy.