Ty Taft provides managed IT services for the future!

In a field as dynamic as information technology, many companies may struggle to stay ahead of the curve. After learning how to harness a new technology, the IT department is tasked with quickly mastering and deploying another one to full effect.?Fortunately for IT departments, Ty Taft, a regional sales director for TierPoint, offers a full suite of services through his employer. TierPoint is a leading provider of secure, connected IT platform solutions that power the digital transformation of thousands of clients, from the public to private sectors, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises.?

“We take an agnostic approach to helping clients achieve their most pressing business objectives,” Taft said. “We can help in various ways, whether it’s colocation in one of our 40 world-class data centers, private cloud, public cloud, disaster recovery, security services, or all of the above. We help customers navigate their digital transformation journey to ensure they’re positioned for success, now and in the future.”?

Taft is especially proud of TierPoint’s industry-leading disaster recovery services – a topic of special relevance in a state like Florida, which has seen its fair share of natural disasters. Evidence of TierPoint’s strength in this field can be found in? the company being named by Zerto as a Managed Services Provider of the Year, for four consecutive years (2020-2023). Zerto is widely recognized as the top software vendor for disaster recovery solutions, and its software powers TierPoint’s related services.?“Florida-based companies, in particular, risk significant business downtime, if they do not have a robust plan that helps them keep operating after the next hurricane hits,” Taft said. “Much as natural disasters can have a tragic impact on individuals and families, they can also disrupt businesses.? We speak regularly with companies about the strength of their recovery plans, their ability to test and validate those plans before disaster strikes, and the options we can deliver, to help provide continuity to their operations.”?

Another area where Taft and his team advise companies is on how to reduce the expense of their cloud operations, without compromising performance. More and more companies – large and small – are migrating IT operations into a public cloud environment, like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).? However, with a shortage of qualified IT staff, a growing number of the companies find that the cost of operating in the public cloud is higher than they expected.?“TierPoint has a specialized group of Microsoft- and AWS-accredited engineers who offer a free assessment of IT operations in the public cloud and identify areas where costs can be shaved and performance optimized,” Taft said.

“On average, these engagements have helped our clients identify opportunities to reduce their cloud expenses by as much as 30% and to sustain those savings with our help.”?

Beyond his work with TierPoint, Taft continues to be actively involved with SIM Tampa Bay, as he has been for the last nine years. The organization’s longest-tenured member and sponsorships chair also sits on the executive boards of SIM’s Central Florida and South Florida chapters.?Through SIM, Taft rubs shoulders with senior IT leaders with whom he may have not otherwise been able to connect. He described SIM as a “nonprofit IT leadership organization that truly enables … professional development as individual careers are constantly evolving and changing.”