Managed Cloud Hosting
CloudFirst’s Managed Cloud Hosting is the ideal home for your mission-critical data, offering a scalable, secure and fully managed environment for compute, storage and connectivity to hyperscale providers.
Migrate from legacy systems to an enterprise-grade cloud solution with guaranteed 100% performance and a flexible, cost-efficient model built to support your business today and scale for tomorrow.
Supported Platforms:
Key Statistics
CloudFirst’s Managed Cloud Solution helps businesses innovate faster, minimise downtime and stay ahead of evolving digital demands. It also drives cost optimisation, accelerates infrastructure deployment and boosts business agility, proven through measurable outcomes.
> 50%
Average cost reduction over 3 years when migrating to a cloud-hosted model
> 70%
Time saved on Infrastructure Management
67+ Years old
Age of 27,000 IBM i engineers in industry – highlighting the issue of retiring staff
Key Features
Enterprise-Class Performance
CloudFirst delivers always-on infrastructure powered by top-tier Flash Systems Storage for maximum speed and reliability.
Direct connectivity to hyperscale providers through high-speed Direct Connect solutions.
N+1 redundancy across the platform ensures continuous uptime and fault tolerance.
Built for high performance, scalability and mission-critical workloads.
Unmatched Security & Compliance
CloudFirst’s solutions are hosted in Tier-3 data centres with 100% uptime, backed by multi-layered security and full compliance with PCI, HIPAA, SOX and GDPR standards.
Enjoy 24/7 fully managed monitoring to ensure your infrastructure stays secure, compliant and always available.
Effortless Scalability
CloudFirst enables instant scaling of compute, memory and storage to match your evolving business demands – no downtime or disruption.
Preconfigured infrastructure supports flexible growth
Transparent, consumption-based pricing that scales with your usage
Expand or reduce resources as needed – only pay for what you use
Grow with confidence, powered by a platform built for agility.
Broad System Compatibility
Supports legacy and modern systems including IBM i, AIX, Windows and Linux
Seamless integration with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and leading SaaS platforms
Hybrid-ready architecture with connectivity to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Offers flexible deployment models – private, public and hybrid cloud – tailored to your business needs
Advanced Protection
CloudFirst provides end-to-end data security with built-in threat detection, data encryption and fully isolated deployments to protect sensitive business information.
All staff are security-vetted.
Management systems are completely separated from customer data.
Customer portal access is restricted to client-authorised personnel only.
Stay protected with zero-compromise security architecture designed for today’s risk landscape.
24/7 Support
CloudFirst delivers round-the-clock monitoring and support from certified cloud specialists, ensuring optimal performance and rapid issue resolution.
Expertise across IBM i, AIX, Linux and Windows environments.
Proactive infrastructure updates to prevent downtime and disruptions.
Reduce dependence on ageing technical staff by transitioning to modern cloud infrastructure.
Get expert help whenever you need it, 24/7.
Benefits
With 25+ years of managed services expertise, CloudFirst consistently delivers high-performance outcomes that exceed industry benchmarks, ensuring reliability, security and measurable value for every client.
Cost Control
CloudFirst’s consumption-based pricing model eliminates the need for capital expenditure on hardware, offering predictable, fully transparent costs that scale with your usage.
This helps you reduce IT spend while gaining enterprise-grade performance, delivering cost efficiency that’s truly unique in the marketplace.
Business Agility
CloudFirst enables you to adapt quickly to changing business demands with a flexible cloud platform built for seasonal scalability and global growth.
Accelerate your time to market by testing and deploying new applications faster, and scale instantly to support new regions, products or customer needs without infrastructure delays.
Operational Stability
CloudFirst helps you retire ageing hardware, eliminate rising maintenance and power costs, and boost infrastructure resilience.
By modernising your IT environment, we improve operational performance and free your team to focus on core business priorities, not system upkeep.
What our
clients say
‘We were looking for a low-cost, scalable storage option that offered full support for our cloud-hosting needs. CloudFirst Managed Cloud Hosting proved the perfect solution for our needs, thanks to the bright, knowledgeable people at CloudFirst.’
— Bill Ortiz, SJ Stile International
‘Our hospital has been using CloudFirst managed services for the past seven years. We have found this service to be a very cost-effective solution for 24/7/365 replication monitoring and failover testing.’
— Richard W., Healthcare, Centrastate
‘You don’t really know how good someone is until there's a problem. That’s when you find out how good a partner you have. With CloudFirst, the initial setup was painless, and we had precious few problems.’
— Dean Proffer, McVean Trading and Investments
CloudFirst solves a major industry challenge: migrating mission-critical applications from outdated platforms.
Our Managed Cloud Hosting provides a cost-efficient, low-risk path to modern infrastructure.