Safe Swiss Cloud

Safe Swiss Cloud is a Swiss-based company^[1] providing Secure Cloud Computing and Managed IT Services^[5] which meet the compliance requirements of various industries.^[6] The company provides IaaS in the form of cloud servers, virtual networks, block storage, object storage^[3] and various managed IT Services^[4]

Safe Swiss Cloud

Industry	Cloud Computing, Managed IT Services
Founded	2013 (2013)
Headquarters	Zürich , Switzerland[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Prodosh Banerjee (Founder/CEO) Gerald Dürr (Founder / Business Development) David Poole (CTO) Tasos Lolotsis (Head of Operations) [2]
Products	Open Cloud Enterprise Cloud Managed Kubernetes Cloud Object Storage Business Backup Data Drop [3]
Services	Managed Operations Managed IT Security IT Support] [4]
Website	safeswisscloud.com

History

The company was founded in 2013 by Prodosh Banerjee and Gerald Dürr.^[7]

In 2015, cloud services expanded to several data centres, while investing in equipment to increase capacity.^[7]

In 2017, Safe Swiss Cloud added a number of new platforms to its offerings, including Kubernetes & Openshift, Openstack and VMware/vCloud. An investment has been made to expand clustered and redundant solid-state drive (SSD) storage capacity.^[7]

Services

Cloud computing service designed to offer computer, storage and managed cloud services. The company's cloud computing service includes an infrastructure service that offers virtual data centers that include firewall, router, network.^[8]

Acquisitions

In August 2015, Safe Swiss Cloud acquired Basel based Nexos,^[9] an IT services company.^[10]

In late 2017, Everyware AG, a Swiss IT services company, acquired a controlling stake in Safe Swiss Cloud.^[11]

Awards

In November 2015, the company was announced as a winner of the "Bully Awards" issued to European organizations that stand out through innovation, leadership and exceptional growth.^[12]

In December 2015, Safe Swiss Cloud was named best practice for finance applications in the Cloud by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) in the report "Secure Use of Cloud Computing in the Finance Sector".^[13]

Research

Safe Swiss Cloud collaborated with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW to research cyber intelligence and advanced cloud billing systems.^[14] This research was supported by CTI, the Swiss government's research and innovation program for industry.