Simnet

SIMNET is an information technology services company headquartered in Canada. The organisation provides managed IT and cloud services with explicit presence or activity in Canadian cities including Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver, and has indicated expansion of cloud presence into Europe.

Services and Capabilities

• Managed IT and Service Desk: 24/7 monitoring, multi-tier service desk support, incident management and ongoing infrastructure maintenance.
• Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure: design and operation of private and hybrid cloud environments, virtual data center migrations, multi-location and high-availability architectures using all-flash storage and enterprise compute.
• Cybersecurity and Managed Security Services: network and data protection, security controls implementation, and support for compliance and risk-management activities.
• IT Consulting and Infrastructure Modernization: requirements analysis, solution strategy, implementation planning and execution for infrastructure upgrades and migrations.
• DevOps and Hosting: application hosting, DevOps tooling and operational support, and web hosting services; capability expansion noted through the acquisition of a DevOps-focused provider.
• Backup, Data Protection and Business Continuity: solutions to secure critical business data and reduce operational risk.

Industry Focus

• Financial services: migration of on-premises systems to virtual data center environments and sustained security/compliance efforts for a community savings institution.
• Public sector / Municipal: IT consulting, hosting and operational support for local government IT functions.
• Manufacturing and Industrial: network and data protection, infrastructure transformation to reduce risk and increase operational efficiency for industrial clients and suppliers.
• General business and professional services: ongoing managed support, hosted services and IT operations for a range of small to medium organisations.

Technology and Delivery Approach

• Integration of on-premises and cloud platforms: delivery of hybrid cloud solutions and virtual data center implementations that connect local infrastructure with hosted services.
• High availability and resilience: multi-location designs, redundant architectures and enterprise storage to meet uptime requirements.
• Continuous monitoring and operations: round-the-clock monitoring, service desk workflows and incident response to maintain system health.
• Security-first operations: implementation of managed security controls, compliance support and risk-management processes.
• DevOps and automation capabilities: deployment and operational practices to support application hosting, infrastructure automation and faster delivery cycles.