Facilitating technologies to emerge in the data centre space: CtrlS

With this growth seen in the Indian market, CtrlS has established itself as India’s fastest growing Tier 4 Datacenter Company, a milestone it has achieved within Six years of incorporation.

With emerging trends in the Information Technology sector, Cloud Computing has become inseparable from Business. Although organizations are excited about using cloud technologies to bring in efficiency in the organization, there remains a lot of doubts and apprehensions about data security when migrating to the public cloud, while the Private clouds are really secure, yet too expensive to afford.

However the good news is that with BYOD revolutionizing all application delivery to consumers at new levels altogether, CtrlS offers a solution with on-demand Private cloud framework with the help of which organizations can now avail the benefits of a Private Cloud and also scale up and down as per needs in a Public Cloud solution. Not just Affordable Solutions, but successful ones CtrlS is a preferred choice of corporate houses both large and small, CtrlS offers a range of services including Datacenter infrastructure as per tier 4 standards, IT infrastructure, Managed services, Generic Applications and Internet connectivity. The CtrlS “total ownership” approach towards services has earned the company the reputation of being India’s first and only certified Tier 4 Datacenter. “By outsourcing IT to CtrlS, over 250 companies have increased the availability of their mission critical applications”, says the Founder/ CEO Mr Sridhar Pinnapureddy.

CtrlS Datacenters was established in October 2007 and considers nothing to be of greater importance in providing service to the clients than keeping their applications online along with keeping their data secure. With a commitment to taking total ownership of projects and an enviable client portfolio featuring some of the most renowned brands in the industry, CtrlS is also the first choice for young entrepreneurs whose Cloud software needs secure and continual hosting.

“At CtrlS, we have no priority greater than keeping your applications online and we take that very seriously. Our commitment to take total ownership of the project has resulted in a client portfolio featuring some of the most renowned names in industry as well as the young entrepreneur who ’s cloud software needs secure, continual hosting”, says Mr Sridhar.

A cool Datacentre with Secure Networks and Superfast Transfers
Employing the best of breed equipment, high performance servers and advanced network devices, CtrlS uses an intricate and impenetrable SIX ZONE SECURITY™ system to keep the client’s data away from unwanted visitors.

“CtrlS has a Data Center Ready Model through which we help clients who are looking for a small scale data center to deploy one in their premises. We also offer the option of placing the infrastructure on our racks and give clients the power to scale up with minimum delay, in case of larger deployments and this automatically solves the scalability and consolidation issues faced by the CtrlS team and our clients as well” adds Mr Sridhar.

The CtrlS Infrastructure comprises of Rack space which provides space and power for clients to keep their servers and Cage Services that provide space, power, bandwidth and other variables billed as per consumption, secured by biometric entry points providing an additional layer of security for data and keeping unwanted visitors away.

Achieving targets and acquiring a brand value
As a new company, CtrlS has launched additional pioneering business solutions which are innovative and affordable in order to draw the attention of customers.

The company had launched Zero Data Loss solution for enterprises a few years back which guaranteed and lived up to the expectation of not a single byte of data being lost during downtime, as a pay-per-use solution.

Till date, CtrlS continues to keep the Total Ownership Index consistently high at plus four rating on a scale of 5, which has earned the company the reputation of having served notable clientele from the telecom industry and sectors such as IT/ITeS, Government, Services, Manufacturing, Logistics, Healthcare and Media verticals.

India ’s first Tier 4certified data center providing a penalty backed SLA of 99.995% uptime with ISO – 20000-1, ISO – 27001 and ISO 22301 certification.

Client Speak
A competitive advantage which is externally available. Sensitivity, flexibility and agility
-Milind Khamkar, Senior Director – Information Solutions (India & South Africa), Sanofi

Global Standards, Amazing performance andI really loved the client support.
-Mohar Tewari, VP – Information Technology, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Tackling energy consumptions with total ownerships: CEO Mr Sridhar Pinnapureddy
Regarded as the thought leader in the datacenter industry, Mr Sridhar is credited with launching Hyderabad based CtrlS, the first Tier 4 datacenter in India. A successful serial entrepreneur of technology and IT infrastructure business, Mr Sridhar is also the Founder and Chairman of Pioneer Group of companies which has interests in Internet, IT services and IT Infrastructure.

Escalating CtrlS to the next level
He has changed the DC Market landscape in India by building a datacentre which can guarantee the highest availability and least energy consumption. His strong belief in the philosophy of “total ownership for consistent value addition to clients” is strongly imbibed in CtrlS as its brand core. The guiding force behind over two hundred innovations in Energy Management, DC Infra, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Mr Sridhar has successfully elevated CtrlS as a thought leader and a fast growing Company. It is under his able leadership that CtrlS has become the symbol of highest level of standards and has setup new benchmarks in the Industry, today.

Deserving accolades for innovations
A rare CEO who spends most of his time with customers to understand what works well with them and what might be improved upon, Mr Sridhar is bestowed with coveted recognitions such as “Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year – 2010” for Asia Pacific region by APEA, “Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani” by Global Economic Council and “Karamveer Puraskar 2007” awarded by ICONGO for his incredible accomplishments and magnanimous contribution to the society, Mr Sridhar is a distinguished and sought after industry speaker by NASSCOM, CII and various other industry bodies.