This is a highly adaptable and secure cloud solution designed to create a software-defined infrastructure layer. The main advantage of the solution is providing the full range of necessary services: rental of computing resources (IaaS), a ready-made platform with specific settings for various tasks (PaaS), and a fully ready solution (SaaS) to ensure compliance with corporate standards for both large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses.
The hardware platform of the software and hardware suite is entirely built on devices from one vendor and includes high-performance servers, a data storage system, and Aquarius switching equipment. The complex is built on Astra Infrastructure Cloud (AIC) software developed by Astra Group. The software and hardware suite has been successfully tested in the Aquarius Development Center laboratory by development, architecture, and engineering teams from both companies. Functional and load tests have been conducted, ensuring its reliable and uninterrupted operation.
«Cloud solutions are a trend in the development of the IT industry and have a number of undeniable advantages for clients: significant savings on administration, time savings due to automatic updates, timely access to data, and maximum scalability. The new product will primarily interest companies that build their infrastructure on completely Russian solutions and operate with large volumes of data. These are enterprises from many industries, such as the electric power industry, the oil and gas sector, and industrial production,» – emphasized Andrey Andrianov, Vice President for Strategic Development at Aquarius.
«Russian companies are looking for ready-made solutions to get both software and hardware, and technical support on a one-stop-shop basis. All this is provided in the software and hardware suites: for any related issues, the client turns to one organization, not to several vendors. Another important point is that the equipment can be quickly installed in the data center and start being used only if it is adapted for high-quality operation in the cloud and thoroughly tested. Aquarius AIC, which we created together with colleagues from Aquarius, is exactly such a solution, and we plan to continue jointly developing and supplying specialized software and hardware suites so that our clients can always easily and successfully solve a variety of infrastructure tasks,» – comments Alexey Krishtop, Director of Cloud Services at Astra Group.
Aquarius is one of the leading Russian developers and manufacturers of computer equipment and IT solutions. In 2024, it celebrates 35 years since its foundation. It is a systemically important enterprise in the radio-electronic industry. It has two modern production complexes in the cities of Shuya (Ivanovo region) and Tver, the capacity of which will reach 2.5 million devices in the areas of client devices, servers, and data storage systems by the end of 2025. It also offers effective solutions in the field of data virtualization, corporate mobility, and information security.
Astra Group PJSC unites a number of independent domestic software development companies: Astra Linux, Uveon - cloud technologies, RuBackup, RuPost, Tantor Labs, ReSolut, ISPsystem, Nomari CIS, and Rusonics. The vendor's software stack allows you to effectively solve a variety of business tasks and meet the many needs of modern organizations. The Astra Group's portfolio includes the certified Astra Linux OS, the Brest virtualization tool, the Rusonyx cloud, Termidesk software for creating virtual workplace infrastructures, RuBackup backup tools, the ALD Pro IT infrastructure management solution, the PostgreSQL-based DBMS and database management and monitoring platforms Tantor, the WorksPad mobile workplace, the RuPost corporate mail, the GitFlic source code service, the Knomary educational platforms and course builder, as well as three platforms for managing physical, virtual infrastructures and billing: DCImanager, VMmanager and BILLmanager. All Astra Group software products are included in the Ministry of Digital Development register and are used in state and commercial organizations, state corporations and concerns, at industrial enterprises and CII facilities.