Softchoice Cloud offers cloud services adoption and curation expertise

Softchoice CEO Dave MacDonald.launches the Softchoice CloudBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Softchoice , an IT services and products provider, launched its Softchoice Cloud service yesterday in downtown Toronto. The event featured representatives from various cloud computing, storage and software as a service  solutions providers  such as Google, Microsoft, Box and many others and touched upon the challenges and opportunities related to cloud computing solutions.

Daryl Plummer, Gartner's Chief for Research for Cloud and emerging Trends points out the importance of cloud strategies

The event focused on how the cloud is changing the way Canadians and the world are doing business. The challenges and opportunities presented by cloud computing are manifold and how businesses can use Softchoice as a curator and manager for various cloud solutions that can scale from small businesses to enterprise. 

"The opportunity the cloud creates for Canadian businesses is great," explained Softchoice CEO Dave MacDonald as he went over why Softchoice, a company that has undergone massive change itself, is in a great position to provide solutions and assist clients in finding and managing the right answers for their needs.

Darryl Plummer, Gartner's Chief of Research for Cloud and Emerging Trends explained how Cloud Computing is one of the hottest topics in IT today even if many users fail to understand what it all really means.

Plummer discussed software as a service, the benefits and limitations of using Cloud solutions and how a company like Softchoice can serve as an intermediary and curator of all the confusing cloud solutions out there through the concept of cloud brokerage.

Softchoice aims to enable companies path to cloud adoption, management, and support with the following services.

• One destination for all your cloud purchases
• One password to access your cloud applications
• One platform to manage users and applications
• One team for planning and deployment services
• One number for live, 24/7/365 cloud support