Cranberry Cloud
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for Hedge Funds
Cranberry Cloud is a private cloud-hosted desktop solution for hedge funds and asset managers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other jurisdictions. A turnkey solution supported by industry experts, Cranberry Cloud makes your IT secure, resilient and responsive to regulatory change. Complete per-user pricing costs less than internal IT, and scales seamlessly from a few users to thousands. Liberate management time for business not IT, and enable secure collaborative working from the office, from home or anywhere.
Instant and continuous IT compliance with FCA regulations
State of the art private cloud infrastructure for data security, cyber security and resilience
Enables COVID-secure home, remote and hybrid working
Runs all of your key applications, from anywhere, including Bloomberg Professional, Refinitiv Eikon, Tradar, Intelliflo and Microsoft Office
Hedge Funds
Asset Managers
Wealth Management
Private Equity
Why Customers Choose Cranberry Cloud
Cranberry Cloud is the complete Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution for hedge funds, with a simple per-user monthly charge that covers everything you need for a secure, flexible and FCA-compliant IT operation.
How we compare
| KEY BENEFIT | Cranberry Cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution | Other Financial Cloud-Hosted Desktop services | AWS Workspaces & Azure Windows Virtual Desktop | Generic Desktop as a Service (DaaS) providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service designed to meet the needs of UK and European financial services companies |  | |  | |
| Entire service certified to ISO 27001, not just datacentres | | | | |
| Uses customer dedicated physical servers for audit simplicity | | | | |
| Persistent desktop – documents not lost if session inactive | | | | |
| Technical support included in desktop subscription | | | | |
| Disaster recovery site with dedicated hardware ready to go | | | | |
| Weekly 3rd party cybersecurity penetration testing | | | | |
| Auditor support included in subscription | | | | |
| 100% renewable energy commitment at all datacentres | | | | |
Not ready for a fully hosted desktop? Introducing Cranberry Desktop
Cranberry Desktop is an FCA and ISO27001 based secure IT system with centralised storage, auditing and data backup using cloud-based services. Cranberry Desktop provides the key benefits of our Cranberry Cloud hosted desktop service but it runs on your local PCs.
Cranberry Desktop provides extra layers of user control and security to better protect your company data and better meet the requirements of regulators and investors. It also gives a secure, seamless and controllable way for users to work remotely, on their own computers or devices when remote from the office.
