Company:Adar, Inc

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Adar, Inc
TypePrivate
IndustryStreaming IT, IT-as-a-service
Founded2005
FoundersVadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel, Niall Keegan[1]
HeadquartersChicago , IL
Key people
Vadim Vladimirskiy (CEO)[1]
BrandsNerdio
ServicesStreaming IT
Websitewww.getnerdio.com

Adar, Inc. is an Information Technology (IT) company headquartered in Chicago , United States . The company provides streaming IT and IT-as-a-service to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). [2][3][4][5][6] Adar, Inc. is known for its comprehensive cloud IT brand of platform, Nerdio. It currently offers two products-Nerdio Private Cloud and Nerdio for Azure. [7][8][9]

History

Adar, Inc. is a parent company that was founded in 2005 by Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan to provide online backup systems to SMEs.[1][10] Soon after it was founded, the company transitioned into and managing virtual infrastructure. [10][10][11]

In 2007, it introduced Adar Private Cloud.[10][12]

In January 2014, the company secured $2.4 million in Series A funding from MK Capital,[4][13][14] which allowed it to expand and improve its products and services.[4][13][14]

Adar Private Cloud was nominated for the CityLIGHTS Rising Star Award in July 2015.[15] One year later, the company rebranded and launched Nerdio Private Cloud.

In 2017, the company introduced Nerdio for Azure. [16] The company’s CEO, Vadim Vladimirskiy, was nominated for the CityLIGHTS Technologist of the Year Award in 2018.[15]

Products

Nerdio Private Cloud

Nerdio Private Cloud delivers comprehensive IT infrastructure, including virtual hardware, software, security backup and disaster recovery, and complete IT support for managed service providers and SMBs. It uses VMware vSphere technology to create virtual server infrastructure in a cloud-hosted environment. [7] Access is provided through Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). A golden image is created to standardize the virtualdesktop environment, which includes all applications needed to access network resources. Nerdio's data centers natively encrypt data-at-rest and use military-grade physical security measures.[2][7]

One of Nerdio Private Cloud’s key features is its centralized management platform, where partners and IT administrators can fully manage any IT environment from one central location, all within three clicks. Software is collated and managed by Nerdio and its partners, including patches, upgrades, and compatibility tests. The virtual and physical architecture of each client’s configuration is constantly monitored for performance and anomalies. Any problems are investigated and corrected[17][18]

Nerdio Private Cloud can be used from any location and device with internet access. It also provides a network infrastructure with a 10GbE network backbone to eliminate any noticeable latency. A private VLAN and isolated server environment is created for each company, including a virtual firewall, which supports intrusion prevention, content filtering and gateway anti-877 malware. Encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels are configured between the data center and client offices to facilitate secure, remote access to network resources.[5][7]

Nerdio Private Cloud has three service plans: Professional, Performance, and Enterprise. EIn addition to the Nerdio Private Cloud plans, customers can add a help desk support plan provided by Nerdio partners.[7][17]

It includes the following technical specifications:[17][19]

  • Windows desktop environment - 10 or 8.1 experience
    • Dedicated virtual desktop per user – up to 4CPUs/8GB RAM, 200GB SSD, 1000Mbit/s NIC, and quad-monitor support
  • Software packages
  • Security and data protection (natively encrypted PCoIP protocol)
  • Management & monitoring
  • Maintenance
  • Mobile access and connectivity (via browsers or apps)
  • Email and communications (mailbox, Skype for business, unlimited email archive)
  • Help desk support

Server Infrastructure

The servers provide the following capabilities to users:[17]

  • Windows Server 2016 or 2012 R2 server-side environment
  • SSD-accelerated SAN storage
  • Built on VMware vSphere and Horizon View architecture
  • Redundancy with High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS)
  • Unlimited virtual servers – within vRAM limits
  • Up to 20GB and 2GB for each user of server vRAM
  • Up to 200GB and 20GB for each user of SSD-accelerated SAN storage for servers
  • Dedicated Active Directory
  • Dedicated file server that provides group-level and user-level file security
  • Dedicated application servers and dedicated database servers
  • Pre-configured HIPAA-compliant privacy and security protocols
  • VMware Horizon View Security Gateway in DMZ and Connection Manager on LAN
  • vSphere Web client access to virtual server management
  • Pre-configured ADFS Proxy Server in DMZ and Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) for Office 365 SSO

Network Infrastructure

  • 10GbE network backbone
  • Isolated private VLAN
  • Dedicated Fortigate virtual firewall – Includes intrusion prevention, content filtering and gateway antimalware
  • LAN for internal workloads and DMZ for publicly facing servers
  • High bandwidth internet connectivity

Software Suites

  • Microsoft Office 365 to be installed on up to five machines (and unlimited mobile devices) for each user
    • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access
  • Microsoft OneDrive with up to 1TB storage for every user
    • Share large files with users outside of organization
    • Synch files from user's virtual desktop to local computer to be worked on while offline
  • SharePoint Online
  • Kaseya Remote Management platform for monitoring of servers and desktops and providing remote support to users
  • Automatic weekly software updates
  • Employee Productivity Tracking (optional)
  • Firefox, Chrome, NitroPDF, Notepad++, and other freeware productivity tools
  • Most importantly – support for existing (or new) Windows or Linux applications

Virtual Desktop Specifications

  • Dedicated virtual desktop for each user – up to 4CPUs/8GB RAM, 200GB SSD, 1000Mbit/s NIC, and quad-monitor support
  • Available in two Windows desktop flavors – 10 or 8.1 – based on Windows Server 2016 R2 and 2012 R2 operating system
  • The desktop is accessible via a client-side application, HTML5-based browser, or mobile app
  • Natively-encrypted PCoIP protocol
  • Golden Image template configured for unique network environment to facilitate deploying new desktops
  • Renders ready-to-click, up to 1000Mbit/s internet connection

Email and Communications

  • 100GB Exchange Mailbox
  • Unlimited personal email archive for users requiring extra storage
  • Mimecast email archiving, filtering and encryption
  • Skype for Business
  • Site-to-site IPSec VPN encrypted communication between offices

Nerdio for Azure

Nerdio for Azure is an IT automation technology that delivers easy provisioning, management, and cost-optimization of virtual, desktop-centric environments on the Microsoft Cloud.[20] It also automates complete IT environments on Azure, provides services dedicated to DaaS, RDS and LOB app server workloads, autoscales Remote Desktop Services (RDS) collections. Customers can set parameters for scaling, which then takes place automatically and keeps hosts on standby. [21]

Nerdio for Azure is a toolset to help Manage Service Providers(MSPs) get their customers up and running on an ITaaS stage based on Azure. The solution provides discovery tools to record the existing IT environment, create a new IT environment, migrate users and data via onboarding tools, automate complete system backups, auto-scale computer resources and monitor desktop performance by measuring the end-user experience.[22]

Additional products for NFA include the Azure Cost Estimator. This web-based tool lets anyone calculate the costs of running IT in Microsoft’s public cloud.[23][24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Adar, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=256409411. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cloud computing company ADAR IT gets $2.4M from Northbrook firm". http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-04/business/chi-adar-funding-mk-capital-20140204_1_northbrook-firm-venture-capital-firm-cloud. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  3. ↑ "5 Great Deals and Discounts Your Congregation Can Only Get Through the URJ - RJ Blog". http://blogs.rj.org/blog/2015/06/10/5-great-deals-and-discounts-your-congregation-can-only-get-through-the-urj/. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "ADAR IT Secures $2.4M in Series A". http://www.vcnewsdaily.com/adar-it/venture-capital-funding/cqmytzckdj. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 IT, ADAR. "ADAR IT Announces Industry Best Net Promoter Score". http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adar-it-announces-industry-best-net-promoter-score-300094135.html. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  6. ↑ AdarIT. "ADAR IT grows national sales team". https://www.prlog.org/12463180-adar-it-grows-national-sales-team.html. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Adar Inc. Launches Nerdio - Now Stream IT at Work like You Stream Netflix at Home". http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/06/prweb13500547.htm. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  8. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adar-it-continues-to-grow-national-sales-team-300160665.html
  9. ↑ "ADAR IT - NPS ® / Net Promoter Score Benchmarks". https://www.npsbenchmarks.com/adar_it. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "About | Nerdio" (in en-US). http://getnerdio.com/about/. 
  11. ↑ "Highland Solutions Partners with ADAR IT to Offer Cloud-based IT Managed Services". http://www.highlandsolutions.com/about-us/news/highland-solutions-partners-adar-it-offer-cloud-based-it-managed-services/. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  12. ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/adar-it-selects-latisys-cloud-enabled-systems-infrastructure-power-adar-privatecloud-1975151.htm
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "How to Go From Bootstrapped to Funded". 24 February 2014. http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/how-to-get-from-bootstrapped-to-funded.html. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "$2.4 Million Series A Funding for Adar IT". 24 February 2014. http://rayboyis.com/2-4-million-series-funding-adar/. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 IT, ADAR. "ADAR IT & CEO Nominated for CityLights Awards in two categories". http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adar-it--ceo-nominated-for-citylights-awards-in-two-categories-300105681.html. Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  16. ↑ Nerdio is taking their ITaaS (DaaS + Office 365 + more!) platform to Azure Brian Madden Retrieved 2 May 2017
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "Geek Out - Tech Specs | Nerdio" (in en-US). http://getnerdio.com/geek-out/. 
  18. ↑ "Virtual CIO | Nerdio" (in en-US). http://getnerdio.com/service/virtual-cio/. 
  19. ↑ "Plans | Nerdio" (in en-US). http://getnerdio.com/plans/. 
  20. ↑ "Nerdio Receives Chicago's "Best and Brightest Companies To Work For®" Distinction" (Press release). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  21. ↑ Nerdio for Azure now offers RDS autoscaling; plus notes on what else they’re up to Brian Madden Retrieved 31 July 2018
  22. ↑ Nerdio, Sherweb Microsoft Azure Cloud SMB Partners Channele2e Retrieved 25 February 2018
  23. ↑ Microsoft Azure Cloud Cost Estimator Tool Channele2e Retrieved 21 November 2017
  24. ↑ Nerdio Launches Azure Cost Estimator ChannelProNetwork Retrieved 13 November 2017

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