InControl Software develops software that is designed to allow cloud-based storage monitoring, management and reporting based on SLA's and KPI's in a public- and/or private Cloud. Enabling cloud services from one or multiple datacenters, InControl Software maximizes utilization and efficiency to meet the most challenging SLA's in the enterprise world.
InControl Software's management application - InControl Portal for NetApp - is the ideal solution for organizations that need guaranteed SLA's, ultimate flexibility and scalability to utilize their storage resources as an automated managed service.
InControl Portal for NetApp creates and services cloud storage ecosystems that are able to manage all visible NetApp devices in regards to: health, capacity and replication management.
The initial InControl Software was originally developed by Databasement starting in 2004 to support their own Storage as a Services offering. All the intellectual property and operations skills build over the years was brought in to this application. Databasement is a cloud-based storage services market leader in the Netherlands. In 2008 InControl software was transferred into a separate entity to enable further growth and development with global market potential. In Q4 2009 the 3rd generation of the software has been released "InControl Portal for NetApp".
In building Data Protection as a services NetApp acknowledges the major advantages of InControl Software:
"Databasement has been a leading NetApp partner for over seven years providing managed services on NetApp storage to many clients throughout Europe. Databasement developed InControl software to provide better services to their customers who used cloud services like Data Protection, Storage, and Remote Management. Now, Databasement and NetApp are providing InControl as packaged software that can help service providers building Data Protection as a Service. InControl software enables service providers to make adjustments before SLA's are breached through automatic collection of SLA statistics. Service provider customers can also monitor SLA's though the InControl self-service portal, leading to higher customer satisfaction at a lower cost. The combination of NetApp and InControl software provide an industry-leading solution for service providers interested in rapidly deploying cloud services that delight customers."