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Aptum IaaS

Self-service cloud on Aptum infrastructure

Spin up virtual machines, storage and networking in minutes, on hardware shared with other customers or reserved only for you.

Manage your infrastructure.

Aptum's self-service cloud lets your team provision virtual machines, storage and networking in minutes through Aptum Prizm, on infrastructure Aptum manages. You can see what resources cost before you create them, and you'll find the spend in reports afterwards.

Pricing is predictable, with no egress charges and no per-transaction IOPS fees. Managed services can be added to offload undifferentiated operations from your team.

At a glance Shared Cloud Dedicated Cloud
Hosts Shared physical hosts Reserved, single-tenant hosts
Compute Pooled across shared hosts The full capacity of your hosts is available to your workloads
Storage Shared storage, Standard or Performance SSD Shared storage by default, with dedicated storage available at additional cost
Best when You want the most cost-effective route, from development through production A workload that needs consistent performance, or single-tenant hardware is required for compliance or business reasons

Run workloads on either, or both. A workload can move between them as its requirements change, and your team manages it the same way either side of the move. Start with whichever fits today and add the other as you grow.

Why Aptum

Why teams choose Aptum

Aptum has been running infrastructure for more than 25 years, from data centres it operates in across Canada, the US and the UK. Self-service cloud is a part of a portfolio that covers colocation, private cloud, public cloud and managed services, so we can offer a solution to meet your needs. 

Our team is available to support the planning and execution of migrations, as well as ongoing operations and management if that is what you need. Choose Aptum and get a tailor-made mix of services to best support your business.

ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified data centres

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Years of operating infrastructure

25+

Certifications

150+
FAQs

Common questions

What is Aptum IaaS?

Aptum IaaS is virtual infrastructure you provision and manage yourself, on demand, through a portal or the API. Aptum manages the underlying infrastructure so you can focus on using it and not running it.

What is the difference between Shared Cloud and Dedicated Cloud?

Shared Cloud runs your virtual machines on hosts shared with other customers, separated by private VLANs. Dedicated Cloud reserves the hosts for you, so the isolation is physical and performance does not depend on other tenants. Both are self-service through Aptum Prizm.

Is it self-service or managed?

Either, or both. Your team can run all of it through Aptum Prizm, and Aptum's managed services can take on the operations that are undifferentiated for your business. The mix can change as your needs do.

How does pricing work?

Pricing is predictable. You pay a set rate for what you use, and you can commit to a pool of resources for a discount on the workloads you can forecast. There are no egress charges and no per-transaction IOPS fees. Talk to an Aptum cloud expert to price your workloads.

Where does my data live?

On hardware Aptum owns and manages, in data centres we operate across Canada, the US and the UK. Each Aptum region is a fully separate environment, so your data stays in the region you choose.

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Bring self-service cloud to your team, your way.

Talk with an Aptum cloud expert about which model fits your workloads, what you can run yourself, and where managed services make sense.

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