Macquarie Telecom, an Australia-based managed hosting and business-only telecommunications company, has launched its new Macquarie Telecom (News - Alert) Enterprise Cloud, a managed cloud communications offering. 

Macquarie Telecom claimed that it has been delivering hosted infrastructure and private clouds to many of Australia’s top companies and government departments and it had launched its Always Ready Cloud, Australia’s first enterprise cloud computing infrastructure as a service.

The new Macquarie Telecom service directly addresses current industry-wide concern about cloud adoption in issues such as data residency, latency, security, risk and compliance, management options, performance and reliability and customer service.

The company sees the strategic investment as the next step in its transformation as a major player in the Australian hosting and telecommunications market. Its commitment to providing enterprise cloud services in Australia directly reflects customer demand and market sentiment for locally based enterprise-grade cloud services.

Unlike competitive Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, the Macquarie Telecom Enterprise Cloud does not require companies to rewrite applications to run in the cloud, because the solution is hardware vendor and operating system neutral, enabling rapid adoption of cloud services.

Some of the features and benefits customers can enjoy from the Australian Enterprise Managed Cloud are: pay only for what they use, when they use it; all data and network routing remains in Australia; cloud computing services delivered with Service Level Guarantees; maintain complete visibility and control of cloud services; user gets to own an individual Personal Account Manager and Cloud Architect; and more. The Macquarie Telecom Enterprise Cloud offers customers the ability to burst on demand from existing infrastructure without the need for additional capital expenditure.