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cloud platform . This brought numerous benefits to ao . com , as Warne explains : “ We really liked the idea of having a unified compute platform , that could give us public cloud flexibility but with the security of a private cloud . And it was essential that this is provided and supported by one vendor to try and simplify things as much as possible . Interoute ’ s private cloud is global , available across 17 zones and built into its private and secure network . It gives us the operational stability and cloud flexibility we need to ensure our underlying ICT infrastructure is market leading .

“ As well as being able to rapidly deploy and deliver our services in new territories , the private cloud platform means that now when we run projects , the time needed for the infrastructure to commission services is massively reduced . Previously it was weeks and now we are talking minutes and seconds .” ao . com has taken the learnings from its back office systems and has also invested in private cloud to run its ecommerce websites which for an online retailer can offer scalability and flexibility when it ’ s needed most . “ As a

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