Aptum: Expertly Managed Hosting, Cloud, Colocation and Connectivity Services

In this data-driven world, information is exponentially increasing. As data is the integral part of the IT infrastructure, tech platforms need a way to leverage the hidden power of data to make better decisions, risk evaluation, and improve customer engagement. Toronto-based Aptum is helping businesses tap into the potential of data to drive business outcomes and maximize value of the technology investments.

Aptum draws from a heritage of data and IT leaders to deliver data center, cloud, hosting, and connectivity solutions. Their solutions offer choice and adaptability that provide an international reach across North America, Latin America, and Europe to its customers. The ISO 27001 certified company is trusted by over 3,800 customers from all over the globe.

In Latin, Aptum means adaptability and that is exactly what the company has been doing for some time now. Aptum is quintessentially helping its customers to adapt to an ever-evolving environment to meet the critical infrastructure needs.

Aptum Cloud Impact Study

Cloud remains a top priority for many businesses but the information out there is inapt when it comes to understanding and identifying common drivers and obstacles that impacts organizations undergoing cloud transformation. Aptum took it upon itself to investigate into the matter with its comprehensive Cloud Impact Study called Bridging the Cloud Transformation Gap.

Early in September, Aptum released part one of four-part study on cloud. The initial part of the study focused on “overall planning and migration efforts.” The survey respondents said that the main drivers behind cloud adoption are:

• Increase efficiency (72%)
• Increase business agility (56%)
• Increase security (51%)
• Business continuity (48%)
• Increased profitability (39%)

The data collected suggests that among the respondents 71% have experienced negative effects due to the rate of cloud transformation. And 33% of them say that IT expenditures are the leading cause. While as many as 69% of organizations seem to think that they need expertise and help to take forward cloud deployments. And among the participants 41% found themselves to be on par or lagging to their competitors in terms of cloud services.

“Cloud is critical to long-term sustainability, with the rewards and business drivers becoming increasingly apparent,” states Craig Tavares, Global Head of Cloud at Aptum. “The results demonstrate businesses understand this, yet the barriers are impeding businesses from reaching their goals. Enterprises can reap the full benefits of cloud technologies by partnering with cloud service providers who can remove the additional hassle while also allowing business leaders to focus on what they do best.”

Launched Managed DevOps Service Powered by CloudOps

In May 2020, as businesses were taking blows due to COVID-19 slowdown, Aptum launched its Managed DevOps Service in partnership with CloudOps. The newly released service allows customers to leverage the cloud-based DevOps platform to automate their development pipelines and reduce application delivery times.

Through the launch of the service, the Toronto company provides hands-on training on DevOps practices and tools to the customers. This helps customers acquire a highly-valued skillsets of DevOps and Kubernetes. This means that the teams can focus on developing instead of getting distracted by the idea of navigating the complex world of DevOps ecosystem alone.

The Leader

Susan Bowen, President and Chief Executive Officer

Susan has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry. She specializes in transformational leadership and is an expert in general and sales management. Susan is also a Board member and Non-Executive Director for Versarien PLC, a Non-Executive Director and Trustee for JISC and a member of the Forbes Technology Council. A passionate advocate for the advancement of diversity and inclusion, she has been the Founder and Chair of the Skills and Diversity Council for techUK, and a founding director for The Tech Talent Charter. In 2017, she was named on the list of top 50 Most Influential Women in UK IT by Computer Weekly Magazine.

Before joining Aptum, Susan was Vice President and General Manager of Cogeco Peer 1, EMEA, where she spearheaded strategic direction. Susan has also held the role of Chief of Staff UK & Ireland at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) following her tenure of over 16 years at HP UK Ltd.

She has a post-graduate certificate in Education from the University of Greenwich, a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems from the University of Portsmouth.

 “Aptum enables customers to unlock the potential of their data infrastructure to drive tangible business outcomes and maximize the value of their technology investments.”

“With expertise across public, private and hybrid cloud, Aptum can help you navigate your cloud journey and optimize your cloud investments.”

“Aptum has the range of connectivity options and, crucially, the network engineering expertise to help you design, build and operate the best-fit connectivity solution that balances performance, security and investment to meet your specific needs.”