UK CloudOak Start-Up Out of Stealth Mode

CloudOak Inc. developed a hybrid cloud storage BCDR solution for MSPs and announced its new products and services after being in stealth mode for the past year.

Less than one year ago, the company was created with the purpose to help MSP’s provide Archive, Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and DR-as-a-Service (DRaaS) across any hybrid cloud environment. At the time, BC DR (BCDR) appliances and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the SMB were limited to private cloud offerings and partners could not monetize or leverage public cloud solutions like AZURE, AWS or Google Cloud or object storage and NFS mount type technologies.

Many of the challenges for partners included:
• Archive, BaaS, DRaaS complexity with on premise and public cloud (called the hybrid cloud) configurations
• Lack of turn-key options to provide a cost effective, easy to use solution for hybrid cloud companies
• Diverse and complex client infrastructures encompassing database environments, VMs via VMWARE and Hyper-V, physical servers, etc. spread across public and private cloud storage solutions
• Delivering sophisticated RTOs and RPO requirements driven by industry and regulatory compliance

Based on these MSP details and industry gaps, early February, CloudOak will launch its core BCDR solution for the MSP community: CUBE, a solution for hybrid cloud and hybrid DR environments.

“When we started we set a mandate for CloudOak to provide an easy to use, turn-key solution for MSP’s to easily manage and monetize hybrid cloud storage and hybrid DR environments. Our solution goal was to resolve BC concerns across on premise and public cloud environments for the SMB and SME. I am pleased to announce we have accomplished both,” says Jeff Collier, founder and CEO, CloudOak.

“Having a BCDR appliance that provides DRaaS for hybrid cloud environments is a must for the SMB and SME today and we have provided a first for MSPs as one holistic solution, filling an industry gap created by current legacy products in the channel. Almost every solution available to partners do not provide a simple and easy way to leverage public cloud, object stores and NFS mount storage mediums. Forcing partners to live with limited private cloud SLAs. There is no choice or flexibility with current BCDR solutions for partners to monetize the Public Cloud. CloudOak has now changed this for every MSP,” adds Petrus Human, founder and CTO, CloudOak.

Cube: All-in-one backup, replication, archive and analytics solutions

CUBE will be made available to MSP’s early February.

CloudOak will also announce additional strategic product partnerships, MSP partnerships and technical alliance partnerships over the next several weeks.

With the new launch of product and company, the firm also announced that Troy Cheeseman has joined as chief strategy officer. He will start immediately and will develop and accelerate CloudOak’s channel and business development efforts.

“I am very excited to get started with CloudOak as the new BCDR solution is a perfect fit for any MSP servicing the SMB and SME. Our company and product launch is just the very beginning of our foray into the MSP channel. There is more great news to come,” says Cheeseman.

“We first met Troy over two years ago via channel events and attended his product presentations while on business in Canada and the UK and we both were impressed with his channel and product development experience,” says Human and Collier. “He entered the channel as an unknown and immediately began to gain traction and win awards while with Data Deposit Box against the largest BCDR competitors in channel. Once we had the beginnings of CloudOak on the way, we both knew that he was the right choice to drive our product and channel strategy forward.”