eCloud: managed private cloud, hosted in Belgium
eCloud is a way to modernize your IT infrastructure without having to shoulder the burden of the technology, expertise, and operational complexity yourself. You get a fully managed platform based on Proxmox, hosted in our Belgian data centers, with resources dedicated to your organization.
Why organisations choose eCloud
eCloud offers an answer to the different challenges that cloud hosting brings today.
Moving away from VMware
With eCloud, we offer a solution for companies or organizations that only need a limited number of virtual machines. We provide a shared cloud environment based on Proxmox technology, designed for maximum performance and optimal security.
A second data center
Business continuity requires more than just a backup, but not every organization can finance a complete second data center. eCloud can serve as your disaster recovery environment, tailored to your RPO and RTO objectives.
All data in Belgium
You want to know where your data is located, which jurisdiction applies to it, and how to demonstrate this during an audit. eCloud runs in Belgian data centers, using European technology and processes certified to ISO 27001:2022 standards.
What does eCloud offer you?
Solutions are valuable, but only if they deliver tangible benefits for your business. Here’s what our eCloud bring you.
Predictable costs
Anyone managing a large-scale public cloud environment knows that the monthly bill can be unpredictable. With eCloud, you agree on capacity and services at a fixed price, enabling you to plan your infrastructure TCO over several years.
Scalable per VM
You do not need to predict years in advance how much computing power, RAM, or storage you will require. Scaling up or down happens at the virtual machine level rather than the physical host level. There is no need for over-provisioning based on having to estimate today what you will need five years from now.
Maximum availability
The platform features a clustered architecture with high availability, redundant storage, and a redundant network. If a node fails, the affected virtual machines automatically restart on the remaining nodes. Maintenance is performed using live migration, ensuring your workloads continue running without interruption.
Expertise across the full stack
You are purchasing not only infrastructure capacity but also access to experienced engineers. In the event of a complex incident, you get someone who understands how the components interrelate, rather than someone who focuses on just a single component.
Your data remains in Belgium
Your environment runs in professional Belgian data centers, backed by a data processing agreement and ISO 27001:2022-certified processes. For organizations with sector-specific requirements or a growing compliance burden, this represents a contractual advantage rather than a technical one.
Suitable for hybrid use
You don’t have to choose between private and public cloud. eCloud lets you combine both, allowing you to modernize gradually instead of overhauling everything at once.
How we work
We tailor oeCloud to your challenges and needs. But across all our projects, some key steps are always the same.
Sizing & feedback
We discuss the proposal in detail and review all comments. Based on that input, we arrive at a final solution that is ready for implementation.
Implementation / migration
Documentation & training
Operational transfer or managed services
Our partners, your guarantee of top quality
More than just infrastructure
Why choose Epact?
Today, you can source cloud capacity from many places: directly from hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, or Microsoft, or from large international IT service providers.
However, you soon realize that you are largely on your own: support is limited, there is no knowledge sharing, and there is little interest in your specific challenges and needs.
We believe in combining high-quality, tailored solutions with support services provided by local experts. You get a single point of contact, close by and vendor-independent.
The fact that we manage both Proxmox and VMware in production environments makes for a more balanced conversation: we can tell you exactly when a particular technology is the better choice and when it isn’t. In doing so, you benefit not only from our own expertise but also from the strength of the entire Cronos Group.
We have the capabilities to support your organization from A to Z.
We have done this before
See what our customers have to say about their challenges and the practical solutions we developed together.
Recent insights
Blogs, webinars and ebooks from our experts.
Got a specific question or challenge?
Talk to one of our experts. Virtually or face-to-face, no strings attached. Who knows, we might have exactly the answer or solution you’re looking for.
Our other services
You can rely on us for solutions tailored to your company’s needs.
Backup
Reliable backups and fast disaster recovery are no longer a luxury. Our customizable solutions ensure continuity, security, reliability, and peace of mind.
Cloud-in-a-Box
Cloud-in-a-Box combines the benefits of the public cloud with the flexibility of your own data center. You get a scalable, high-performance, and fully managed Software Defined Data Center, tailored to your needs.
Managed services
You focus on your business, we take care of your IT environment. We provide proactive management, optimization, protection, and continuity for your infrastructure, whether on-premise or in the cloud.
Frequently asked questions
Both run on Proxmox and are managed by us. The difference lies in the location of the infrastructure.
With eCloud, your environment runs in our Belgian data centers, and you purchase capacity and services.
With Cloud-in-a-Box, the infrastructure is located in your own data center or a colocation facility, and you can choose between managed services or self-management.
Yes, and for most organizations, that is the most realistic setup. Public cloud is excellent for certain workloads. For other applications, factors such as cost, performance, data residency, compliance, or predictability make private cloud a better choice. You use public cloud where it offers added value, and eCloud where control, predictability, and TCO are more important.
We handle the management of the data center, hardware, network, storage, and hypervisor layer, including patching and monitoring for these layers.
You remain responsible for the virtual machines, guest operating systems, and applications. OS-level management can be arranged as an additional service. The full breakdown is available on our management and support page.
Where possible, yes. We review existing hardware, licenses, and agreements during the sizing phase and incorporate them into the proposal. For licenses such as Windows Server and SQL Server, the portability to a hosted platform must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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