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2021 Vinnies CEO Sleepout On 17 June 2021, our Chief Executive Officer (Jules Rumsey) and Financial Controller (Andrew Smith) participated in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout along with other leaders in business, community, and government sleeping through the night without shelter to support Vinnies on raising money to change the lives of homeless people throughout…
Survive and Thrive Despite COVID-19 with Cloud Plus Businesses today are facing wide and varied challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes taking measures to protect their staff, managing a highly distributed workforce during periods of lock-down and as staff seek to work from home generally, clients defaulting or downsizing, and supply chain disruption.…
3 Minutes with… Cloud Plus’ Andrew Smith 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? Financial Controller 2. How long have you been in that role? 5 years as Financial Controller, and for the 4 years preceding that I had various roles and titles within the Finance & Administration Team. 3. How…
CRN Channel Chiefs Directory 2021: Mark Spencer CRN (Computer Reseller News) have just published their Channel Chiefs Directory for 2021, which includes our very own Mark Spencer, Channel Director at Cloud Plus. Launched in 2016, The CRN Channel Chiefs is an annual list of the Australian channel chiefs and the partner-focused business leaders who drive…
Webinar Recording: Redefine Business Communications with Cloud Plus The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call that legacy phone systems are no longer suitable for an increasingly distributed and demanding work environment. Voice is a critical business function and staff need to be able to work efficiently from anywhere with access to features that support…
Webinar Recording: Achieve Business Agility, Resilience, and Growth with Staff Plus The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses to revisit how they operate if they want to endure and ideally thrive despite the challenges that have arisen. It is now clear that business agility and resilience should be key objectives in order to be able…
3 Minutes with …Cloud Plus’ Jayke Ramiro 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? Sales Assistant. I engage with Partners and Clients alongside the Channel Account Executives to ensure they are getting the support they need. I am mostly busy working on quotes. Then I send forms when a Partner / Client is ready…
Update on the future of The JobKeeper package It has been three months since we first brought you information on the JobKeeper Package. As Australia continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated challenges it brings, Cloud Plus is doing its best to provide our valued Partners and Clients with as much support…
4 reasons why MSPs should leverage offshore support resources When you are first setting up a Managed Service Provider (MSP) business in Australia, you would be forgiven for thinking that you should source all your staff locally. However, as your business grows, workloads increase and competitive threats creep in, you realise how important it is…
Cloud Plus at VeeamOn 2020 We all know the saying ‘what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’… but in the case of VeeamON this year, which was scheduled to kick off in Las Vegas back in May 2020, perhaps a more appropriate saying would be ‘what doesn’t happen in Vegas, happens online’! Nobody will be…
The JobKeeper Package Information We are conscious of the impact that COVID-19 is having on our Partners and Clients, particularly those in retail and other market segments that have been heavily affected by restrictions and lock-down measures intended to prevent rapid spread of the virus. Cloud Plus has been working closely with Partners and Clients…
Dear Valued Partners & Clients, Given the constantly evolving situation we are currently facing with COVID-19 and the impact it has been having on businesses on a global scale, we are conscious of doing everything in our power to support our partners and clients and help them maintain business continuity. There are various aspects to…
Dear Valued Partners & Clients, With the continuing spread of COVID-19 and the impact it is having on our businesses and on our daily lives I would like to assure you that Cloud Plus is fully operational, has solid cash reserves and is generally well positioned to succeed despite the difficult situation we are all…
In the last few months, Cloud Plus attended seven major events organised by leading vendors and industry publications. These events offered us valuable opportunities to network with partners, prospective partners, suppliers and friends from the industry. We also learned a lot about new technologies and industry trends and discovered opportunities to extend and enhance our…
After a sneak preview at our recent Partner Roadshow, Cloud Plus is excited to announce the release of Managed UCC (Unified Communication & Collaboration) Professional. It is a highly reliable, feature-rich, yet cost-effective IP PBX and UCC platform. Managed UCC Professional is an ideal option for SME clients looking to migrate from a legacy key…
In May, Shane Jameson, our Systems Engineering Team Leader, attended VeeamOn 2019 in Miami, Florida. As expected, based on previous experience, it was quite the event. Here’s his report. “It’s always exciting to arrive at a VeeamOn conference, and from the outset this year’s event in Miami was better than ever. With over 2000 attendees…
Name: Jennifer Osida Location: Manila, Philippines 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? Service Delivery Coordinator 2. How long have you been in that role? 1 year and 6 months 3. How did you get into the ICT industry? My first job was in a BPO working for an ICT business based in the…
In March, we ran our Partner Roadshow with events held in an awesome trio of venues in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. This was an opportunity for us to meet with Partners, update them on what we’ve been doing over the last year, brief them about what we have planned in the year ahead and get…
We are about to hit the road to update Partners about what we’ve been doing over the last year and currently have on the slate to ensure that they’re well equipped to handle the many changes that are occurring in ICT at present. This year’s Cloud Plus Partner Roadshow, aptly titled “Thriving not just surviving…
Since we set up our office in Manila a number of years back many of our partners have asked us about our experience with this and have wanted to discuss the challenges they’re having with securing staff in Australia to help fuel the needs of their business. So much so that ultimately, we decided to…
Name: Steve Jones Location: Illawarra region of NSW 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? Network Engineering Manager but still very much enjoying being “hands on” technically as well. 2. How long have you been in that role? Since the early days of Cloud Plus, over 7 years now. 3. How did you get…
Ensuring we provide the best quality physical and virtual IT infrastructure for you and your clients is paramount to us here at Cloud Plus. Our integrated cloud solutions are designed to give you all you need in your digital endeavours. To deliver you the best possible results, it’s vital we continuously upskill our people and…
Name: Pavel Luska Location: Prague 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? I am the Voice Team Leader. My role is to work with the team to provide voice related solutions. We provide Mitel-based Managed UCC and Contact Centre solutions that are hosted on our own Virtual Data Centre infrastructure in leading datacentres around Australia.…
We are excited to be celebrating our latest award for outstanding collaboration, presented to our team at the ARN Innovation Awards 2018. Our number one priority at Cloud Plus is to provide the right ICT solution to our Channel Partners’ and for them to continually be proud to work with us. We achieve this by…
At Cloud Plus our goal is to be invisible. This might sound strange but what we mean is that our number one priority is to protect every single customer we work with via our incredible Partner Network from all imaginable cyber threats. And for this to be so seamless you don’t even know our solution…
Name: Rica De Jesus Location: Manila Philippines 1. What is your role at Cloud Plus? Network Operations Team Leader. 2. How long have you been in that role? I’ve been the Network Operations Team Leader since December 2017 but have been a member of the NOC Team at Cloud Plus since November 2016. 3. How…
Nando’s Australia has over 200 restaurants and needed a new solution to make private network and Internet connectivity consistent, reliable and secure across all restaurants. With IP-based loyalty, EFTPOS platforms and online ordering, network stability was crucial – if a restaurant lost their network access, they not only lost browsers but also the ability to…
In the words of Shane Jameson, Systems Engineering Team Leader at Cloud Plus and based out of our Brisbane, Australia office. Shane has been working with Veeam products for the past 5 years and this was his second time attending VeeamOn, the premier conference on intelligent data management for the hyper-available enterprise. VeeamOn 2018 took place…
In July 2017, we hit the road – meeting and sharing updates with Partners in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Naturally, a big focus of our discussions was Security. Here are some highlights. Watch the video to gather key insights from subject matter experts and see an overview of our next-generation solutions. Make sure you watch…
We’ve come a long way since 2010 – the year that Cloud Plus was founded. And along the way we have been fortunate to work with many smart, forward-looking organisations and clients – they are part of our success story. It turns out they enjoy working with us too! Here is what some of our Partners…
Cloud Plus featured in six prestigious awards lists for 2017, something we’re celebrating across our offices in Brisbane, Manila and Prague. Our CEO Jules Rumsey, who founded Cloud Plus in 2010, puts our success down to always being alert to new trends in an era of rapid-changing technology. On top of that, our commitment to…
Chesterfield Australia is a reseller of farm machinery in New South Wales and Queensland. They were experiencing major performance issues with their existing environment, significantly impacting staff efficiency and morale, and making it impossible to meet desired customer service levels. The company wanted a refresh of its existing hosted ICT, a hybrid solution that was…
International expansion has been on everybody’s mind here at Cloud Plus lately. With the office in Manila well established, Jules is now busy setting up a European base in the beautiful medieval city of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic – adding another time zone to support our planned 24/7 ‘follow-the-sun’ model. The Mexican city…
NEXTDC’s partner Cloud Plus is a leading provider of Private Cloud Solutions in Australia and New Zealand. NEXTDC chatted to Cloud Plus CEO Jules Rumsey about why they are moving into NEXTDC’s newest Brisbane data centre, B2.
Across all industries, organisations are becoming increasingly digitised and reliant on being connected. Unfortunately, this opens ever-more sophisticated options through which cyber-threats can impact the operations of your clients. Even if you have taken what you feel are reasonable steps, your clients are probably vulnerable to styles of attack you may not even know exist.…
Across all industries, organisations are becoming increasingly digitised and reliant on being connected. Unfortunately, this opens ever-more sophisticated options through which cyber-threats can impact the operations of your clients. Even if you have taken what you feel are reasonable steps, your clients are probably vulnerable to styles of attack you may not even know exist.…
Across all industries, organisations are becoming increasingly digitised and reliant on being connected. Unfortunately, this opens ever-more sophisticated options through which cyber-threats can impact the operations of your clients. Even if you have taken what you feel are reasonable steps, your clients are probably vulnerable to styles of attack you may not even know exist.…
Cloud Plus – CEO Jules Rumsey reveals expertise pays off for channel CEO Jules Rumsey reveals the factors that give their clients the confidence to take that journey to the cloud with Cloud Plus and the critical role played by their data centre services with NEXTDC. As one of Australia’s leading independent cloud service providers,…