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6YS (/'sɪks waɪz/) is an Information Technology services company offering cloud computing solutions for Australian Businesses. 6YS’ services include: IT as a Service (ITaaS), Cloud Services, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Telecommunication including Voice over IP (VOIP); Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) & Internet Connections, Software Development and network infrastructure to enterprises, small to medium businesses and government agencies throughout Australia.

6YS was established in 2003 by founder and CEO, Sam Forbes and headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2003 - 2010

 * 6YS founded in 2003 by founder and CEO, Sam Forbes.
 * 2007: 6YS acquires Frag Creative


 * 2010: 6YS acquires customer base of competitor IT on Tap

2011-2015

 * 2011: Member of the Q400 – top 400 ranked businesses in Queensland
 * 2012: Featured in Forbes Asia Magazine as leader in Data Centre Ethernet Fabric Networks
 * 2012: Ranked 12th out of 45 in Longhaus Pulse review of Cloud providers operating in Australia


 * 2012: Joined Local Buy
 * 2013: 6YS becomes preferred Cloud partner for Dell in APJ region
 * 2014: Became a member of the ICTSS 1307 Infrastructure as a Service Panel
 * 2015: Report released by DPG Consulting showing 6YS as performance leader in Infrastructure as a Service

2016-2020

 * New Location- From 346 Turbot Street to 410 Ann Street.
 * 2019: ICTSS 1804 IT Management as a Service Panel


 * In early 2019, 6YS successfully tendered for being on the Standing Offer Arrangement (SOA) ICTSS.1804 ‘Whole of Government’ panel. The SOA applies to all Queensland Government entities and is a preselected supplier to provide a faster procurement process for Government IT services.
 * ICTSS.1804 establishes a pre-qualified panel arrangement for the provisioning of ITMaaS.1


 * 2019: ICTSS 13.03B Professional Service Panel


 * Launched ClearDesk integration and analytics Software as a Service product with integration into Microsoft 365 and Azure AD environment. ClearDesk offers end users the ability to view, analyse and understand their company’s data.2

IT Blueprint

 * Blueprints for Business, Enterprise and Government enabling rapid deployment of IT services based on a templated design


 * Microsoft 365-centric approach
 * Focus on reducing I.T. burden and risk by leveraging industry standard platforms and configurations

IRONPOINT™

 * Infrastructure as a Service
 * Managed infrastructure i.e. hosted servers for legacy/non cloud (browser based) applications such as versions of MYOB that pre-date MYOB Online)

COMMSPOINT™

 * Carrier-diverse Internet and WAN services, including fibre, wireless and NBN
 * BroadSoft-based Cloud Business Telephony service including native Microsoft Teams integration
 * Managed Wi-Fi service built on Ruckus

APPSPOINT™

 * Desktop as a Service and Application Hosting for businesses and Independent Software Vendors

STOREPOINT™

 * Backup & DR for VMware, Hyper-V, Public Cloud, and physical servers & desktops
 * Data Protection for Office 365

Accreditation

 * ISO 9001: Quality Management System
 * ISO 27001: Information Security Management System
 * ISO 27017: Security Controls for Cloud Services
 * ISO 27018: Cloud Privacy Protection

Software

 * Microsoft Service Provider Partner
 * Microsoft CSP


 * Veeam Software – Gold Partner ANZ
 * VMware – Partner
 * Citrix Service Partner

Hardware

 * Netapp – Silver Partner


 * Fortinet Partner
 * Extreme Networks
 * Juniper
 * Ruckus Networks
 * Dell


 * Lenovo