Unitrends and CloudCheckr Partner

Unitrends, Inc., in enterprise cloud continuity, and CloudCheckr, Inc., provider of Amazon Web Services (AWS) monitoring and services management solutions, announced a joint partnership to help MSPs build, manage and grow their AWS-hosted businesses.

In a survey conducted by Kaseya Limited, more than 400 MSPs revealed that the greatest areas of MSP services revenue growth in 2015 were backup and recovery, remote monitoring, and cloud services, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). Respondents expect these service pricing plans to rise again substantially in 2016. Leveraging the powerful combination of CloudCheckr and Unitrends Boomerang, a virtual appliance enabling users to simply and affordably move VMs from VMware to AWS, MSPs can take advantage of these offerings without increasing overhead expenses.

“The alliance between Unitrends and CloudCheckr is invaluable for MSPs building their AWS business,” said Mark Campbell, Unitrends’ CTO. “CloudCheckr provides a low-cost delivery model that optimizes AWS operating and maintenance costs, while Unitrends Boomerang provides simple, powerful and affordable software for DR as a Service, migration and cloudbursting with VMware.“

CloudCheckr is an online service that provides AWS monitoring, evaluating up to 350 best practices in cloud workload configurations, costing, billing and security alignments. The service alerts users to exposures or vulnerabilities, and provides actionable intelligence on response strategies. CloudCheckr gathers data from AWS services such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail and API, which MSPs can analyze to optimize costs, manage cost allocation and provide reporting for AWS Cloud. CloudCheckr also provides security features, including alerts, audit trails and continuous infrastructure monitoring while cloud applications are in active use.

Boomerang is a simple, intuitive and cost-effective virtual appliance for replicating VMware VMs to AWS for low-cost backup and DR. With Boomerang, AWS MSPs can provide differentiation and maintain margins with DR as a Service (DRaaS), migration, cloud bursting and billing for AWS infrastructures.

“Backup and DR in the cloud are top imperatives for enterprises today,” said Aaron Newman, CloudCheckr’s co-founder and CTO. “Our partnership with Unitrends will enable MSPs to deliver unique cloud-based backup and recovery services that address the needs of their IT clients while increasing their service margins and AWS revenue.“