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Involta – A Premier National IT Service Provider and Consulting Firm, Empowering Organizations with Comprehensive Hybrid IT Solutions

Involta is a distinguished national IT service provider and consulting firm renowned for its expertise in helping organizations devise, manage, and implement hybrid IT strategies. With a comprehensive suite of services encompassing colocation, cloud computing, managed IT, cybersecurity, fiber and network connectivity, Involta empowers businesses across diverse sectors to navigate the complexities of modern technology landscapes.

Catering to industry-specific needs in healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and technology, Involta offers tailored services that facilitate compliance and drive IT transformation initiatives. By fostering strategic partnerships with top-tier technology vendors and major public cloud providers such as Cisco, Veeam, and Pure Storage, Involta ensures access to cutting-edge solutions and resources.

Involta boasts a team of highly certified technical engineers dedicated to constructing reliable and secure IT solutions. Through innovative consulting engagements, the company leverages its extensive resources and partnerships to deliver advanced hybrid IT solutions that seamlessly adapt to the evolving requirements of organizations.

Enhancing Connectivity with Industry-Leading Hyperscale Connect

In today's digital landscape, businesses face the challenge of seamlessly connecting their applications and systems across multiple cloud environments. In a multi-cloud scenario, where critical business applications are distributed across private and public cloud hyperscale providers, ensuring access, continuity, and security becomes paramount. In response to these evolving needs, Involta offers a comprehensive solution: Involta Hyperscale Connect.

Seamless Integration across Cloud Environment: Involta Hyperscale Connect provides businesses with the capability to seamlessly connect their private infrastructure to public or private cloud resources. Through a secure, redundant network, organizations can achieve the privacy, reliability, and control essential for a high-performance hybrid cloud architecture.

Key Connections with Leading Cloud Providers: Involta Hyperscale Connect facilitates connectivity with popular cloud providers, including Azure ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, AWS Transit Gateway, and Google Cloud Interconnect. These connections enable organizations to establish private, high-speed connections between their on-premises infrastructure and cloud environments.

Building a Robust Multi-Cloud Strategy: With a vendor-neutral connectivity option, businesses gain access to hundreds of hyperscale providers through a single port, facilitating the development of a successful multi-cloud strategy.

Scalability On-Demand: Involta Hyperscale Connect allows organizations to scale bandwidth and adjust service levels on-demand, empowering teams to perform real-time data transfers efficiently.

Empowering DevOps Innovation: By combining Megaport and Involta Cloud Platform, development teams gain the flexibility to work in test environments and seamlessly transition to production, mitigating risks and fostering innovation.

Optimizing BI and Analytics: Involta enables businesses to provision dedicated, private, and reliable connections between data centers on a single platform, facilitating mastery of business intelligence and analytics.

Reliable Cloud Migration: Involta provides dedicated, private connections from data centers to preferred cloud service providers, ensuring reliable and straightforward cloud migration processes.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Elevating IT Infrastructure Management Services

Navigating Complex IT Infrastructure: Managing IT infrastructure poses a significant challenge for organizations of all sizes. Finding the right balance between staffing resources for infrastructure management, ensuring security, and driving business value is essential in today's competitive landscape.

Prioritizing Innovation over Maintenance: Involta recognizes the complexities involved in managing IT infrastructure. With its secure, scalable, and predictable cloud services, businesses can shift their focus away from routine maintenance tasks and towards driving innovation and pursuing revenue-generating initiatives.

Unlocking Business Potential with IaaS: IaaS offers a cost-effective solution that provides peace of mind and fosters innovation for enterprise companies. By entrusting the technical support of server hardware, configuration, and operating systems to Involta's experienced technical team, organizations can empower their internal IT departments to concentrate on strategic business innovation.

Streamlining Operations for Enhanced Efficiency: With Involta overseeing IT infrastructure management, businesses can streamline operations and optimize resource allocation. The cloud services provided by Involta offer a reliable and scalable platform, enabling organizations to adapt to changing business demands while maintaining predictability and security.

Driving Growth through Innovation: By delegating infrastructure management responsibilities to Involta, organizations can allocate resources towards innovation-driven initiatives that fuel growth and competitive advantage. With a dedicated focus on business innovation, enterprises can capitalize on emerging opportunities and maintain a leading position in the market.

Partnering for Success: Involta serves as a trusted partner for organizations seeking to transform their IT infrastructure management approach. With its secure, scalable, and predictable cloud services, businesses can confidently navigate the complexities of modern IT environments while driving innovation and achieving strategic objectives.

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): Protecting Critical Business Data

Addressing the Risk of Catastrophic Data Loss: In today's digital landscape, businesses face the constant threat of catastrophic data loss due to various factors such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, and technical failures. Research indicates that 94% of businesses may not survive such events, highlighting the critical importance of having a robust disaster recovery strategy in place.

Ensuring Business Resilience: Involta offers DRaaS+ solutions designed to ensure business resilience in the face of disruptive events. With a focus on accessibility, redundancy, and reliability, these services provide businesses with the necessary infrastructure and support to recover swiftly and efficiently.

Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Services: Involta's DRaaS+ encompasses a range of services aimed at protecting critical business data and systems. From developing customized disaster recovery plans to conducting engineer-guided testing and declaration processes, our solutions are tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.

Benefits of Involta DRaaS+

Protecting Data Integrity: Our services safeguard the integrity of your data and network, minimizing the risk of data loss or corruption.
Maintaining Operations: We ensure the continuity of day-to-day business operations, mitigating the impact of disruptions on productivity and revenue.
Ensuring Compliance: Involta DRaaS+ solutions are designed to meet industry compliance standards, providing peace of mind to clients operating in regulated sectors.
Building Customer Trust: By demonstrating a commitment to data protection and business continuity, businesses can enhance customer trust and loyalty.

Next Generation DRaaS Solutions: Involta offers a range of DRaaS+ service tiers, providing clients with flexibility and choice based on their specific requirements. With options for self-service and premium-level support, businesses can select the level of assistance that best suits their needs.

Reliable Infrastructure and Support: All Involta DRaaS+ environments are housed in purpose-built data centers, ensuring optimal security and reliability. With guaranteed uptime SLAs and flexible pricing structures, businesses can trust Involta to deliver consistent and dependable disaster recovery solutions.

Meet the Visionary Leader Upfront

Brett Lindsey is the Chief Executive Officer of Involta. He is a seasoned digital infrastructure leader with three decades of telecommunications expertise. Formerly the CEO of Everstream, he drove remarkable growth, elevating EBITDA from $2 million to $80 million, expanding across ten states and scaling the team from 26 to 380 members during his eight-year tenure. Brett's leadership included integrating six acquisitions, creating strategic industry partnerships and a commitment to fostering a strong company culture.

Simultaneously, as Founder and CEO of Snip Internet, Brett successfully expanded the residential internet provider from Cleveland to Detroit, Milwaukee, and Columbus. Snip Internet was sold to Zentro mid-2023.

In addition to his professional achievements, Brett is actively involved in community service, serving on the boards of Motogo, a non-profit reintroducing shop classes into schools, and the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. He is also the lead benefactor of the Lindsey Family Play Space at Edgewater Park, a playground designed for children of all ages and abilities. Brett's story is one of persistence, innovation and significant contributions to both the telecom industry and the communities he serves.