Ted de Vos, SIMNET Founder and President: “Businesses shouldn’t have to break what works to modernize. At SIMNET, we meet clients where they are, and architect a future that fits.”

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Founded in 2008 by Ted de Vos, SIMNET emerged from a deep frustration with the unnecessary complexity and inefficiencies that plagued the IT industry. From day one, SIMNET’s Fearless Leader envisioned a service-driven company that would redefine cloud infrastructure - not with gimmicks or bloated offerings, but through a relentless focus on simplicity, performance, and fanatical support. SIMNET set out to disrupt the status quo by empowering organizations to grow with confidence, not fear.

Ted’s philosophy is rooted in a powerful belief: technology should empower, not intimidate. “Too many businesses are driven by fear - fear of change, fear of failure, fear of complexity,” he says. “At SIMNET, we lead with hope. We show clients what’s possible when you remove the fear and put control back in their hands.”

While traditional cloud providers delivered sluggish infrastructure, convoluted service models, and opaque support, SIMNET was built to be the opposite: fast, transparent, secure, and relentlessly customer-focused. Today, SIMNET is more than a cloud provider - it’s a trusted partner to SMEs, mid-to-large enterprises, ISVs, SaaS providers, and MSPs that demand high-performance, highly regulated, secure, and sovereign solutions - without headaches. The company’s mission isn’t just to deliver cloud services - it’s to set a new standard for what the cloud can be.

With global Points of Presence in key locations including Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, London (UK), the European Union (EU), Dallas, New Jersey, Mumbai, Sydney, Cyprus, and Amsterdam, SIMNET delivers low-latency, high-reliability services across continents. Its commitment to excellence has earned the trust of major clients like Polaris Transportation, Prophix, Schneider Electric, the Government of Canada, and Community Savings Credit Union.

In conversation with Ted de Vos, Founder and President of SIMNET

Can you explain your services in brief?

SIMNET is a high-performance Canadian cloud provider delivering sovereign, secure, and scalable infrastructure for mission-critical workloads. We offer a full suite of services - including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Security Operations-as-a-Service (SOCaaS)—designed for modern applications, legacy systems, and regulated environments alike.

Key Offerings:

Virtual Private Clouds with zero oversubscription
Container & VM orchestration with intuitive visual builders
Turnkey PaaS with CI/CD and drag-and-drop deployment
Advanced Security Stack: SIEM, SOAR, MDR/XDR, 24/7 SOC, and dark web monitoring
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity for regulated sectors
API-driven infrastructure with full self-service and GitOps integration

Why SIMNET?

Sovereign-first architecture for data residency and compliance
Global presence with local control
Predictable billing, no egress penalties
Expert-first support model—no tiered runaround

Our fully redundant data centers across North America, Europe, India, and Australia are built to serve both startups and enterprises—delivering performance, compliance, and confidence at any scale.

SIMNET emphasizes a “High-Touch | High-Performance | Secure” approach. How does this philosophy translate into tangible benefits for your clients?

High-Touch: No ticket shuffle. No outsourced support. Just real people invested in your outcomes.
High-Performance: Industry-leading compute and NVMe storage accelerate your apps.
Secure: Non-negotiable, every layer is hardened with zero-trust principles and proactive security at every layer.

The result? Faster deployments, fewer incidents, and better sleep for our clients.

Your cloud infrastructure boasts all-flash storage and platinum compute. How does this technological edge enhance client operations and set you apart from competitors?

Speed as a Differentiator

We run the fastest compute and storage configurations available – period! All-flash NVMe storage and platinum-tier CPUs reduce latency, improve database transactions, and accelerate container and VM performance. Unlike hyperscalers, where you're often throttled or oversubscribed, we don’t cut corners. Clients feel the difference immediately—and that performance often translates into competitive business advantages.

SIMNET offers tailored IT solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Can you share an example where this customization significantly impacted a client's business?

One of our clients, a national logistics firm, had a complex environment—legacy Windows apps tightly coupled to their operations, alongside a growing set of containerized microservices. Hyperscalers told them to refactor everything. We told them they didn’t have to.

Our Approach:

Built a hybrid stack supporting both environments natively
No forced re-architecture
No unnecessary spend
Fully managed and secure

Outcome:

Saved $100K+ annually
Accelerated migration by months
Zero service disruption

This isn’t a one-off - we’ve repeated this playbook across industries. Businesses shouldn’t have to break what works to modernize. At SIMNET, we meet clients where they are, and architect a future that fits.

With the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, how does SIMNET's cybersecurity strategy ensure robust protection for its clients?

We operate under a proactive defense mindset. Our integrated security stack includes enterprise-class perimeter protection, SIEM, SOAR, AI-driven MDR/XDR, and breach monitoring with dark web intelligence. This is combined with 24/7 monitoring, client-specific baselining, and automated remediation to reduce attack surfaces and accelerate response times.

Your team comprises certified professionals providing round-the-clock support. How does this commitment to service excellence influence client satisfaction and retention?

It’s everything. When you call us, you get someone technical - someone who can actually solve the problem, not read from a script. There’s no Level 1 shuffle or ticket ping-pong. We hire experts, not bodies - people who know infrastructure, who understand urgency, and who care about outcomes. Our SLA isn’t just a line in a contract -it’s embedded in how we operate. Every alert, every ticket, every call is treated like it matters, because it does.

This level of service creates trust. Clients stay with us because they know we have their back - not just when things go right, but especially when they don’t. That’s where real partnerships are built. We don’t just support workloads—we support people, teams, and the businesses that rely on them. And that mindset is what drives our industry-leading retention.

What does the future hold for your company and its customers? Are exciting things on the way?

Absolutely. We're rolling out AI-ready infrastructure, expanding the SIMNET Cloud marketplace with new Simlets—pre-packaged, single-click-deployable apps—and strengthening our observability, compliance, and automation capabilities. Clients will benefit from faster time-to-value, deeper insights, and less operational friction.

We also recently acquired ScaleFore, a strategic move to broaden our global footprint and elevate our service delivery in key markets.

And soon, with the launch of MY.SIMNET.CLOUD, clients will access a unified portal that brings together everything SIMNET offers—a centralized portal that simplifies access to infrastructure, security, and AI workloads. This includes new innovations such as:

Cyber Hygiene Bundles
AI-as-a-Service
Browser-Native VDI
KYS (Know Your Stack): Our internal knowledge base for optimized client operations

The mission remains the same: eliminate complexity, accelerate innovation, and put control firmly back in the hands of our clients—where it belongs.

Meet the leader behind the success of SIMNET

Ted de Vos — Founder & President, SIMNET

Ted de Vos is the Founder and President of SIMNET, a next-generation cloud platform redefining how infrastructure is built, deployed, and scaled. With over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, Ted has worked at the intersection of infrastructure, cybersecurity, and user experience—always focused on solving real client pain points.

SIMNET is the culmination of Ted’s vision for what cloud computing should have been from the start: fast, secure, human-centric, and fully self-serve. Under his leadership, SIMNET empowers users with intuitive tools like datacenter-as-code and visual object builders, enabling rapid deployment of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environments without engineering bottlenecks.

Ted isn’t just leading a company—he’s shaping a new standard for cloud computing.