Intelligent Systems Services

About Us

Established in 1994 and headquartered near Washington, DC, USA, Intelligent Systems Services Inc. (ISS) has built a worldwide presence through a strong network of representatives and partners. Our reputation is founded on a long-standing commitment to excellence in designing, deploying, and supporting mission-critical business systems with a strong focus on open-source technologies. We specialize in delivering robust solutions, enabling high-performance, scalable infrastructure for clients across many sectors including Healthcare, Aerospace, Energy, Manufacturing, and many other Non-Profit and Commercial industries.

ISS is dedicated to building complete IT ecosystems that include virtualization, distributed storage, backup, recovery, and disaster readiness — optimized for resilience and operational continuity. Our significant expertise with a large variety of IT platforms allows us to engineer environments that are not only fault-tolerant but also flexible and future-ready.

Our Services

Next-Generation Virtualization with Proxmox

At ISS, we specialize in open-source hypervisor solutions built on Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE), delivering scalable, secure, and highly available virtualization infrastructures. With over a decade of hands-on experience, our team provides:

Full-stack Proxmox deployment, tuning, and lifecycle management
Ceph-integrated high-availability clusters
Seamless migration from legacy virtualization platforms
Subscription services and U.S.-based support
Custom architecture and consulting aligned with business needs

Whether you're building a private cloud, a development lab, or a production infrastructure, ISS delivers trusted Proxmox solutions that scale with your environment.

STORCIUM: Open Source Storage Solutions

Built by ISS, STORCIUM is our scalable storage platform powered by Ceph, tailored for critical systems. Since 2013, STORCIUM has been the foundation of our storage solutions.

Scalable block, object, and file storage
Integration with Proxmox and other hypervisors
Support for on-premise and hybrid environments
System monitoring with real-time data
Predictive diagnostics to ensure high availability

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Private Cloud & Disaster Preparedness

ISS offers private cloud and off-site disaster recovery solutions designed to maintain business continuity in the event of failures, cyber incidents, or outages.

Hosted disaster recovery and geo-redundant storage
STORCIUM® B Node backup appliances with encryption
Secure and compliant backup and replication
Automated testing and fast recovery
Integration with third-party backup tools and platforms

These services are designed to reduce downtime, protect essential data, and support your organization's recovery objectives.

A Decade of Proxmox Excellence

Unmatched Expertise in Proxmox Solutions

For over 10 years, ISS has been a trusted leader in delivering Proxmox solutions that empower businesses to build robust and scalable IT infrastructures. Our extensive experience with Proxmox virtualization technology enables us to design, deploy, and manage environments tailored to your unique needs, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency.

Proxmox Subscription Services

As the leading provider of Proxmox subscription services and support in the United States, ISS offers unparalleled access to Proxmox's full suite of enterprise features. Our close partnership with Proxmox ensures that you receive:

Official Proxmox Subscriptions: Stay ahead with the latest updates, security patches, and premium features that come with official Proxmox subscriptions.
Dedicated USA Support Team: Receive prompt, personalized assistance from our expert support team based in the USA, committed to resolving your issues swiftly.
Seamless Integration Services: Benefit from our expertise in integrating Proxmox solutions seamlessly into your existing infrastructure.

Proud Members of the Linux and Ceph Foundations

Our commitment to open-source innovation is reflected in our active participation as members of the Linux Foundation and as founding members of the Ceph Foundation. This involvement keeps us at the forefront of technological advancements, allowing us to contribute to and leverage the latest developments in open-source storage and virtualization.

Best-in-Class Architecture, Monitoring, and Support

At ISS, we provide comprehensive services that encompass:

Architecture Design: Crafting customized solutions that integrate Proxmox and Ceph for optimal scalability and performance.
Proactive Monitoring: Utilizing advanced tools to monitor your systems continuously, ensuring high availability and swift issue resolution.
Expert Support: Offering dedicated support services to keep your operations running smoothly, backed by a team of seasoned professionals.

Why Choose ISS for Your Proxmox and Ceph Needs?

Decade of Experience: Leverage our 10+ years of hands-on expertise with Proxmox and Ceph technologies.
Industry Leadership: Benefit from our active roles in the Linux and Ceph Foundations, ensuring access to the latest innovations.
USA-Based Services: Enjoy the convenience of working with a local provider offering support and services tailored to the US market.
Customized Solutions: Receive tailored services that align with your business objectives and technical requirements.
Commitment to Excellence: Trust in our dedication to delivering superior solutions and support that drive your success.

Partner with ISS

Unlock the full potential of Proxmox and Ceph within your organization. Contact us today to learn how our Proxmox subscription services and USA-based support can help you achieve unparalleled efficiency and scalability in your IT infrastructure.

Storcium ®

About

STORCIUM is the industry's best mission critical platform, utilizing such technologies as Ceph for unlimited scalability storage, Proxmox - a powerful enterprise hypervisor. STORCIUM is the only solution needed to power a modern data center.

STORCIUM brings flexibility, scalability, and operational efficiency of the solution to our customers and partners.

Features

Unlimited scalability: grow storage to any size using active storage nodes
Modern scalable and maintenance free storage protocols
Flexible Hardware options
24/7 US Based Support
Support Portal Telemetry
System Integration Available

Support

STORCIUM is supported end to end. ISS covers all parts and areas of the system. Nodes, drives, switches, provisioning assistance, planning, implementation, operational support and advice - we will be there to help and address any challenges, issues and concerns.

Every detail of STORCIUM operation is instrumented with remote monitors for power, CPU, heat, drives, replication, volume space - communicating 24/7 to the ISS monitoring portal and proactively supported to the level of hardware components. Predictive failure analytics ensure excellent uptime for the mission critical systems.

Pricing

STORCIUM pricing model maximizes flexibility and encourages growth.
Zero deployment cost, use your own hardware platform or ISS' fully integrated hardware base
Acceleration packages available to maximize performance for existing servers
Simple and flexible support contract
World class technical team

Backup Appliances

What are ISS Backup Appliances (B Nodes)?

ISS Backup and Disaster Preparedness Appliances are a game changer for protecting the most valuable, mission critical digital information assets and applications. ISS' 30+ years of data protection architecture, disaster preparedness, and operations experience is sublimated in STORCIUM® B Node appliances, ensuring fast, always monitored, versatile and efficient solution to the most demanding data protection challenges.

What type of backup is provided?

Hot backup for Oracle databases via Oracle RMAN ISS module
Hot backup for Caché databases via ISS Command Center
AIX, HP-UX and other UNIX systems
Linux systems, clusters and cloud based systems
OpenVMS SAN and Shadow Cloning, NFS backup images
Bare metal (OS image) backup for VMware, Hyper-V, and Windows/SQL Server
Disaster Preparedness and Geo-Replication
Deduplication for powerful archival using the modern Buzhash algorithm
Option for Hosted Disaster Recovery or Remote Vault at our data centers
Automated restore and activation testing

How is data protected?

High speed landing space for quick restore and retention. Remote replication to second appliance or ISS Disaster Preparedness Data Center. Deduplicated vaults with up to 99% reduction of required capacity to store data. Dedicated and ad-hoc recovery spaces, instant clones for parallel backup and restore from same media.

Is this solution secure and compliant?

ISS Backup Appliances are fully compliant with all published data security standard. Removable media is always encrypted with AES256 standard. End to end encryption is available with FIPS 140-2 module.

Can ISS Backup Appliances interoperate with third party backup tools?

Yes. ISS Backup Appliances integrate with other backup applications via Block and File options.

How is hardware supported?

ISS Backup Appliances are fully monitored and supported by ISS for all hardware components and software. Appliances report to ISS Monitoring portal in real time the hardware status, and all backup operations, with ISS fully managed support available.

What other solutions are available from ISS?

Storcium unlimited scalability on-premise data storage, and Hosted Disaster Preparedness solutions are available from ISS. For more information, please contact us at the phone number and email listed below.

Testimonials

ISS provides production and disaster recovery monitoring and support, including hardware and operating system technical consulting, to our company and has for several years now. I personally have worked with ISS and Alex for two years. We just completed an upgrade of our production billing system from OpenVMS to Linux, including implementation of Storcium hardware and applications. ISS consulted with us for the entire journey. Alex and team provided guidance early in the conceptual/design phase to help us make informed decisions, and then worked closely with us to develop and implement the plan. I've been a part of many large system implementations and upgrades, and this one went as smoothly as any I've encountered. Alex and his team are ultimate professionals, and they are always quick to respond and assist. With the critical business requirements of our system, I can't imagine not having ISS as a partner. Steve Summers
Vice President, Enterprise IT, TeamHealth

The ISS specialists helped us with multiple projects and each project was a success. The latest was the SAN implementation project and we are very thankful to ISS for their work. It was all much easier and took less time that one would expect with SAN implementation and data migration. ISS specialists have ability to finish projects within budget (even small budget) and on time. Alex Gorbachev possesses unique and unsurpassed technical knowledge and experience across a wide range of operating systems and products. We can say the same thing about other ISS specialists we were fortunate to work with. We worked with multiple consulting companies over the years and ISS is by far the best. Tatiana Leneva
Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies

ISS researched, designed, and implemented our migration from a Compaq 4100 to a HP ES40 utilizing HP EVA SAN storage device. This migration included the install of OS, our membership database application, Oracle and Legato Networker. ISS designed and implemented our backup and recovery procedures, writing scripts to make this process "lights out". All work was accomplished on time and on budget without any downtime of our production applications. Upon completion of our upgrade, significant application performance was achieved in the magnitude greater than 100%. Ken Jones
Chief Information Officer, WETA Channel 26

We have enjoyed a good working relationship with ISS. Definitely one of the better relationships we've had with a vendor/service provider. ISS has always been a reliable partner and does a terrific job supporting our systems backup. When we recently lost our Legato server, the IDRU service worked well to get our new machine up and running in a short amount of time. Overall, a great company to work with. Chuck Marshall
Senior Programmer Analyst , University of Michigan Medical School

ISS has been a super partner. Always attentive to our needs and their advice and assistance has been right on. We appreciate their guidance and knowledge as we move forward with improved technology plans for the University. Jay Dawson
EastCarolina University, SystemsTeam

It was a pleasure working with ISS on getting the JRMC support team up to speed on how to use the product and having the patience to answer all our questions. It was a good start and I look forward on continuing our business relationship with ISS in the future. Sincerely, Aldwin Amiscosa CNE,MCSE,CCA Aldwin Amiscosa
Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, Network Engineer/Administrator

Delivering Mission Critical Systems.