Private Cloud

A private cloud is a cloud environment dedicated exclusively to your organisation. Unlike public cloud services (which host multiple customers on shared infrastructure), a private cloud gives you single-tenant infrastructure for greater control, privacy and customisation.

Resources in a private cloud are not shared with others, enhancing security and performance. While public clouds offer pay-as-you-go flexibility, a private cloud ensures your data and workloads run in an isolated environment with a configuration tailored to your needs. This means you get cloud benefits (such as scalability and remote access) without the multi-tenant risks or occasional unpredictability of a public cloud.

With a private cloud, you get the best of both worlds – similar control and security as owning on-premises infrastructure, but without the hassle of managing hardware and data centres yourself. Computer One’s private cloud is hosted in professional Australian data centres with enterprise-grade equipment, so you avoid large upfront investments in servers and facilities.

We handle all the maintenance, updates, power/cooling and physical security. Your IT team can then focus on strategic projects instead of day-to-day upkeep. Plus, our private cloud is scalable on demand, meaning if you need more resources you can get them quickly, which is often harder with fixed on-site servers.

In short, a private cloud delivers on-premise-level control and reliability, as-a-service – giving you agility and freeing you from infrastructure headaches.

A private cloud offers several key benefits for businesses: enhanced security, since your data and applications run in an isolated environment with dedicated security measures; greater control and customisation, as the infrastructure is tailored to your workloads and compliance needs; and predictable performance without the “noisy neighbour” effect of public clouds. You also gain data sovereignty and compliance assurance by keeping everything within a designated jurisdiction (for Australian businesses, this means data stays under Australian law).

Additionally, costs can be more predictable – our private cloud setups are on fixed monthly plans, so you won’t be surprised by high usage charges.

Finally, with Computer One managing the platform, you benefit from expert support and maintenance, so your IT environment is well-managed 24x7.

Yes. All your data is stored within Australia when you use Computer One’s private cloud. We host our infrastructure in secure Australian data centres, which means your information never leaves the country. This ensures compliance with Australian data sovereignty laws and privacy regulations.

We provide comprehensive support for all private cloud clients. This includes 24x7 monitoring of your environment and emergency response if required. Our support team is Australian-based, and you’ll be interacting with knowledgeable engineers familiar with your setup. We also assign account managers or technical leads to our clients, ensuring you have a go-to person who understands your business and IT environment. Whether it’s a performance question, a change request, or an unexpected issue, we respond promptly and work to resolve it quickly.

In short, you can expect proactive, around-the-clock support to keep your private cloud infrastructure running smoothly.

Security is ingrained in every layer of our private cloud service. Firstly, your cloud environment is completely isolated from any other client – no shared servers – which greatly reduces risk. We then implement strong network security controls, including dedicated firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and regular security updates to all systems. All data is encrypted, both in transit and at rest, to prevent unauthorised access.

We also continuously monitor for any suspicious activity through our security operations, so if there’s an attempted breach or a detected anomaly, our team can respond immediately. Additionally, we can assist with security compliance needs (such as meeting ISO standards or industry regulations) as part of our managed service. With these measures, we ensure your private cloud meets high security standards and protects your data 24x7.

Absolutely. Computer One’s private cloud is designed to be flexible and integration-friendly. If you have existing on-premises systems, we can set up secure connections between your private cloud and on-premises environment to enable hybrid operations. Likewise, if you want to use public cloud services alongside your private cloud, we can incorporate that. This approach lets you keep sensitive or critical workloads on your private cloud while tapping into public cloud for other applications or extra capacity.

Our team will work with you to ensure the different environments talk to each other seamlessly, with proper network integration and identity management, so your overall IT environment works as one secure, cohesive system.

Our private cloud platform is very scalable and adaptable. If your business grows or you have bursts in demand, we can quickly allocate more resources – whether it’s CPU, memory, storage or even additional virtual machines – often in a matter of minutes or hours.

You are not constrained by the physical limitations of on-site hardware; our underlying infrastructure has ample capacity to scale with your needs. Scaling can go both ways too – if you need to downsize or temporarily shut off certain resources, we can accommodate that so you’re not paying for capacity you don’t use. This elasticity ensures that your private cloud always fits your current requirements.

Plus, our team will regularly review usage and performance with you, making proactive recommendations so that your environment remains right-sized and cost-efficient over time.

We take data protection seriously and include strong backup and disaster recovery options with our private cloud service. Automated backups of your systems and data can be scheduled as frequently as needed (even multiple times per day for critical data). These backups are stored securely, and we can retain them in geographically separate Australian locations for extra resilience.

In terms of disaster recovery (DR), as part of an overall Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategy, we can configure a standby environment or replication to a secondary site. In the event of a major issue – for example, a hardware failure or a natural disaster affecting one data centre – we have the ability to fail over your workloads to another location to keep your business running. We will work with you to define a Recovery Time Objective (how quickly systems should be back) and Recovery Point Objective (how recent the restored data is) that meet your business requirements.

Ultimately, our private cloud service ensures that even if the unexpected happens, your data is safe and you can recover quickly with minimal downtime.

Not necessarily. While a private cloud typically involves a dedicated allocation of resources, it often comes with predictable, fixed pricing that can be very cost-effective for steady workloads. Public cloud services charge based on usage and can sometimes lead to surprise bills (especially with high utilisation periods). In contrast, Computer One’s private cloud is usually billed on a monthly plan where you know exactly what you’ll pay. This makes budgeting easier.

Additionally, because our service includes management, support, security, and backups, those would be extra costs in many public cloud scenarios (where you’d have to manage or add services for those). So, for many businesses, a private cloud can provide better value when you consider the total cost of ownership.

Of course, the best choice can depend on your specific situation – but we often find that for a given set of applications with consistent demand, our private cloud is equal or lower in cost than an equivalent setup in public cloud, once you factor in all the management and hidden fees that public cloud might require. The bottom line is you get cost certainty and comprehensive service with our private cloud, which can translate to overall savings and no billing surprises.