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LightEdge

Score10 out of 10

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What is LightEdge?

LightEdge is a digital infrastructure solution offered by LightEdge Solutions, Inc. According to the vendor, it aims to optimize businesses' digital infrastructure, reduce complexity, and ensure security and compliance. LightEdge caters to companies of various sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. The product is used by professionals in different industries, including IT professionals, business executives, data center managers, and compliance officers in sectors such as financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and regulated SaaS.

Key Features

Colocation Services: According to the vendor, LightEdge offers highly secure colocation services with guaranteed 100% uptime. They provide various colocation options, including cabinets, cages, and custom suites, to meet evolving business needs. Dedicated staff is available 24/7/365 to provide technical support.

Cloud Services: LightEdge offers full-service multi-cloud solutions that aim to provide increased reliability, scalability, and security. The vendor claims their transparent platforms offer enhanced visibility and transparency of workloads. Customized cloud solutions are available to match specific business needs. Enhanced security features, such as microsegmentation, virtual firewall, built-in DDoS protection, and replication technology, are also provided.

Managed Services: LightEdge offers cloud management and monitoring services to maximize efficiency and reduce risk. The vendor claims to provide Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with push-button workload failover to a geographically redundant data center. Businesses can rely on 24/7/365 support from experienced cloud and colocation engineers. LightEdge also offers a Compliance-as-a-Service program tailored to industry regulations.

Connectivity: According to the vendor, LightEdge offers a robust global connectivity fabric to unify the IT ecosystem and support distributed end-users. They provide private fiber backbone connectivity and fast, direct public cloud connectivity with onramps, ports, and cross-connects to hyperscale cloud providers. LightEdge emphasizes carrier neutrality, allowing businesses to choose their own carrier or utilize a premium bandwidth blend.

Bare Metal Cloud: LightEdge provides a secure, compliant, and cost-effective bare metal cloud solution. According to the vendor, businesses can benefit from dedicated servers that offer complete control over the stack without hardware investments. The solution is suitable for high-performance workloads, fast-growing businesses, and compliance requirements.

Managed Security Services: According to the vendor, LightEdge offers comprehensive security controls to meet industry regulations and protect data. They provide an in-depth compliance-as-a-service program tailored to specific industry regulations. Businesses can rely on 24/7/365 support from experienced security experts. Enhanced security features, such as physical security, two-factor authentication, and video surveillance, are also provided.

LightEdge Cloud: LightEdge offers a secure, scalable, and adaptable cloud solution for enterprise infrastructure. According to the vendor, their solution combines the scalability and efficiency of public cloud with the enhanced security of a private cloud. LightEdge claims their transparent platforms provide enhanced visibility and transparency of workloads. The vendor also emphasizes cost savings measures and consistent pricing without surprise billing.

Top Performing Features

  • Pre-configured templates

    Pre-defined templates for virtual machines

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

Worth the money!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

OnRamp is being used as our main system for allocation of income through various departments within our organization. We also use this system in our donations department to organize information about our donors.

Pros

  • OnRamp does a great job at pulling up specific contact information about our donors
  • OnRamp allows for us to find detailed payment information regarding postings to our general ledger
  • It is very easy to run various reports with OnRamp

Cons

  • I hear complaints from our donations department on how extractions can be difficult at times when pulling multiple years information
  • OnRamp can make room for improvement by allowing us to make changes from an admin standpoint on how we pull up certain reports

Return on Investment

  • OnRamp saves us time on retrieving data
  • OnRamp helps us organize payment information and makes it easily accessible for users
  • The security of using OnRamp is the best investment a company can make.

Alternatives Considered

Financial Edge

Other Software Used

ADP Workforce Now, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, PeopleSoft Financials