Caravan Aero

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Caravan (JSC "Caravan Aero"), one of the oldest Russian hosting providers, has been operating in the information technology market since 1996.

Since 2017, the company's activities have been completely focused on the development of cloud technologies and the provision of cloud services. Caravan's line of service products includes a virtual data center (VDC/IaaS), VPS, cloud backup, as well as virtual hosting and domain registration services (Caravan Aero). Caravan Customer Support provides 24x7 support and personal customer service.

History

2024: Acquisition by Astra Group

According to the data presented in the financial statements of Astra Group for 2023, On April 1, 2024, Astra Group entered into several options for the purchase of an 80% stake in the VDC Caravan cloud service provider and a provider specializing in providing clouds with Rusonyx service for a cash reward in the amount of 438,800 thousand rubles to 313,100 thousand rubles, depending on the type of option. Read more here.

2018: Rusonyx acquires Caravan Aero

On November 20, 2018, the company, Rusonyx Russian hosting the provider of services and virtual hosting VPS lease of allocated ones, servers announced TAdviser the acquisition of Caravan Aero (Caravan Aero) cloudy , an infrastructure provider.

It is assumed that the integration of Caravan Aero into the hosting company will be completed in early 2019. At the same time, Caravan Aero employees will become part of the combined Rusonyx team.

According to preliminary estimates of Rusonyx, the turnover of the combined structure in 2019 will exceed 150 million rubles. In addition, according to the company's experts, due to the consolidation of infrastructure on the basis of a single date center and the unification of technical support, a significant increase in operational efficiency and related business indicators is expected.

Through integration with Caravan Aero, we gain access to an additional user base and technological resources that allow us to significantly expand the range of services provided for our customers, including cloud services IaaS (cloud servers) and VDC (virtual data center). In addition, I would attribute the benefits of acquiring Caravan Aero to the use of Flexiant technology by colleagues, which allows building very complex and flexible virtual cloud infrastructures. In fact, with the acquisition of the company, we gained access to these technologies, - commented on the deal Konstantin Anisimov, CEO of Rusonyx.

2017

Logo variant

According to Caravan, the company uses two options for the logo, one of which is the following:

Change of direction and sale of Telehouse Caravan to REG.RU

Telehouse Caravan data center announced at the beginning of the year that it has become part of the Russian domain name registrar and hosting provider REG.RU. The data center will continue to operate under its own brand, having received additional technical capabilities and access to the entire range of services and services provided by REG.RU.

REG.RU has developed as a hosting provider since 2009. The wide REG.RU product line includes a variety of hosting services - from classic virtual hosting to renting servers and Colocation services. Caravan is a telecommunications company with twenty years of history, providing data services, telephone communications and Internet access. In 2008, it created a separate direction Telehouse Caravan - a high-tech platform for hosting IT infrastructure with a high level of reliability and customer service class.

All Telehouse Caravan equipment is located in an individual machine room DataPro rented by REG.RU.

2016

By the end of 2016, the company made a complete transformational transition to the main line of business and focused on developing a portfolio of cloud solutions and services for business.

2014: Transformation begins

In 2014, the founders of Caravan made a strategic decision to completely transform the company's traditional direction of telecommunications services into a digital format and therefore sell the rest of the company's assets.

2013: Bundled Communication Services Solution

• Introduction of a new comprehensive solution for connecting to the Internet and organizing telephone services - Ready-made office. A solution for small and medium businesses.
• Provide new Internet access solutions for business using ADSL and ADSL2 + technologies, allowing data transfer rates up to 25600/1024 kbps.

2012: Rebranding

• Expanding the company's service portfolio - developing the Managed Services direction, introducing a new line of Colocation solutions.
• A new stage in the development of the company is the beginning of the rebranding of the telecommunications company Caravan.

2011

Revenue growth in the segment of physical hosting services by 19.6%

The largest growth was demonstrated by the physical hosting segment, which corresponds to forecasts of an increase in demand for the services of data center operators.

"According to the preliminary results of 2011, the company's income in the segment of physical hosting services increased by 19.6% compared to 2010," comments Aleksina Alexandra, Commercial Director of Caravan . - This year we opened three new independent data centers in Telehouse Caravan. The company's immediate plans include the development of its own service platforms, cloud services, the launch of new solutions in the field of telephony. "

The basis of the development of the Caravan company is a fiber-optic network covering the territory of Moscow, a complex of Telehouse Caravan data centers (more than 1000 sq. M., Tier III), its own number capacity. The strategic direction of the company is the provision of fixed-line services and physical hosting.

According to the results of 2011, Karavan was included in the TOP-20 of the rating "50 most strategic telecommunications companies providing communication services in Russia" (INES RAS) and the ranking "Largest suppliers of data centers, 2011" (CNews Analytics).

Launch of a new Telehouse Caravan queue

• A new phase at Telehouse Caravan was commissioned.
• At the end of 2011, Caravan was included in the TOP-20 of the rating "50 most strategic telecommunications companies providing communication services in Russia" (INES RAS) and the ranking "The largest suppliers of data centers, 2011" (CNews Analytics).
• October 23, 2011 the telecommunications company "Caravan" celebrated the anniversary date. In 15 years, the company has gone from a dial-up access provider to a universal carrier. During this time, a powerful infrastructure was built, strong partnerships were formed, valuable experience was accumulated. The company owns a supporting fiber-optic network covering the territory of Moscow, and a complex of Telehouse Caravan data centers, which corresponds to the Tier 3 + reliability category.
• In the same year, Caravan announced new comprehensive Colocation offerings - Colocation Basis, Colocation Unlimited and Colocation Unlimited +. The solutions allow you to choose the optimal parameters for the location of IT infrastructure, Internet access, data protection and equipment monitoring. Services are provided on the basis of the Telehouse Caravan data center complex (Tier III, more than 1000 sq. M.).
• * Colocation Basis offer is for equipment with low and standard power load (electrical power up to 350 W per 1 unit is not charged). An Ethernet port of 100 Mbps is provided, traffic is unlimited, while the ratio of incoming and outgoing traffic is 1:4.
• * Colocation Unlimited provides unlimited equipment placement and Internet access. The cost also includes "Data Protection" (Firewall, 100 traffic filtering rules).
• * Colocation Unlimited + includes all the advantages of Colocation Unlimited and offers completely new capabilities for comprehensive equipment monitoring (200 monitoring parameters, the ability to configure your own rules, receiving notifications via SMS or e-mail in case of incorrect equipment operation, receiving reports by e-mail).
• Karavan provides fixed-line services on the basis of its own backbone network covering the entire territory of Moscow. Hosting services are provided on the basis of Telehouse Caravan's own high-tech platform, the total area of ​ ​ which exceeds 1000 sq.m.
• The company "Caravan" is a member of the committee of registrars of the Coordination Center of the national domain of the Internet and has the status of an official registrar of names in the RU domain zone.

2008: Telehouse Caravan commissioned

The Telehouse Caravan data center complex has been commissioned. It became one of the first Russian data centers of the Tier III reliability category.

2005-2006: Launch of storage services and protection against DDoS attacks

• The company's range of services has been expanded with services in the field of data processing and storage.
• The company's customers were able to use the new DDoS protection service for the Russian market.

2002-2003: Launch of telephony services, network construction in Moscow

• Caravan is starting to provide local, long-distance and international telephone services.
• Since 2003, Caravan has been a certified Premier Partner of Cisco Systems Corporation.
• The construction of its own fiber-optic network began, which then covered the territory of Moscow.

1999-2000: Launch of broadband access, hosting and domain registration services

In 1999-2000, the company's portfolio was replenished with services of high-speed Internet access, physical hosting and virtual hosting, domain registration.

1996: Creation of a company, provision of Internet access services

Caravan has begun providing dial-up Internet access services.