Aruba Cloud key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Aruba S.p.A.
- Headquarters
- Italy (IT)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Data hosting
- Czech Republic, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland
- Infrastructure
- Aruba-owned proprietary data centers and partner facilities
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Certifications
- ACN-qualified (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Replaces
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), DigitalOcean
About Aruba Cloud
Aruba Cloud is the cloud services brand of Aruba S.p.A., Italy’s leading cloud provider. It offers a broad portfolio spanning Bare Metal and VPS, OpenStack-based public cloud servers, VMware-based virtual private cloud, managed Kubernetes, databases, storage, backup, monitoring, and GPU on demand. The platform emphasizes interoperability with open standards and open-source solutions, transparent pricing, and a hybrid cloud approach that combines public and private cloud. The company operates proprietary data centers in Italy and the Czech Republic, complemented by partner facilities in France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Aruba Cloud highlights European compliance and data sovereignty, explicitly stating that data can stay in Italy on its own infrastructure. It serves SMEs, large enterprises, and Public Administration, with ACN-qualified IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings for public sector needs, and has been recognized in the IDC MarketScape: European Public Cloud IaaS 2024.
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