DONET

What DONET does

DONET, operating under the trade name DataYard, is a privately held managed IT services provider founded in 1995 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with a headcount of 11-50 employees. The company designs, hosts, secures, and manages critical infrastructure for organizations that cannot tolerate downtime, serving a horizontal mix of verticals including financial services (The Hub Powered by PNC), government mental health services (Montgomery County ADAMHS), healthcare (Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association), lottery/gaming (Marcus Thomas LLC, which runs the MegaMillions Lottery), aerospace, automation, and manufacturing. Its go-to-market is a consultative, enterprise field-sales motion built around direct engagement ("Talk to Our Experts") and a partner-rather-than-vendor positioning, with a strong regional concentration across Ohio and the surrounding Midwest.

The core product portfolio comprises five integrated service lines: Cloud Management & Consulting spanning AWS, Azure, private cloud, and hybrid environments; Private Cloud Hosting; Cybersecurity (network protection, identity management, monitoring, threat mitigation, and Managed EDR); Data Center Co-Location from its secure Dayton, Ohio facility offering redundant power, cooling, connectivity, and physical security for customer-owned hardware; and Data Backup & Recovery. Infrastructure is engineered for high availability with 24/7/365 Ohio-based engineering support, and the company claims cloud environments capable of supporting millions of visitors per hour, demonstrated through hosting the record $1.602 billion MegaMillions jackpot on 8/8/2023. A customer-facing My DataYard portal provides self-service billing, webmail, and email filtering.

The business model is predominantly recurring revenue: subscription-based managed cloud services, private cloud hosting, and co-location, plus managed-services revenue from cybersecurity and backup/recovery. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, tailored to organizational requirements and infrastructure complexity; the only published promotional signal is a "first month free" offer on Managed EDR. The company reports a 3.97-out-of-4 customer satisfaction rating over two years and states that all cloud instances are hosted in the United States.

Name

DONET

Legal name

DataYard

Website

https://donet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DataYard (DONET) is a Dayton, Ohio managed IT services provider founded in 1995, delivering private cloud hosting, multi-cloud management, cybersecurity, data center co-location, and backup/recovery to uptime-critical organizations across finance, government, healthcare, and lottery sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Cloud Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Managed Services (M365/Azure/AWS/GCP) (BPAEABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF), Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA), Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI)

Keywords

• Managed cloud services
• Private cloud hosting
• Cybersecurity services
• Data center colocation
• Managed IT services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Managed Cloud Services: Recurring managed services revenue from cloud hosting, management, and consulting services. DataYard designs, hosts, secures, and manages critical infrastructure for organizations, charging predictable fees for ongoing support and infrastructure management.
2. Private Cloud Hosting: Revenue from dedicated private cloud environment hosting with control, security, and personalized support. Delivered with predictable billing models.
3. Data Center Co-Location: Revenue from co-location services at the Dayton, Ohio facility, providing redundant power, cooling, connectivity, and physical security for customer-owned hardware.
4. Cybersecurity Services: Revenue from security services including network protection, identity management, monitoring, threat mitigation, and Managed EDR with 24/7 threat monitoring.
5. Data Backup and Recovery: Revenue from data backup and disaster recovery services, helping organizations protect critical data and ensure business continuity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DataYard designs, hosts, secures, and manages critical cloud and IT infrastructure for organizations that cannot afford downtime. The company delivers managed cloud services across AWS, Azure, private cloud, and hybrid environments, complemented by dedicated private cloud hosting, cybersecurity, data center co-location at its Dayton, Ohio facility, and data backup/recovery. Services are sold as recurring managed engagements with 24/7/365 engineering support.

Product overview

DONET operates as a managed IT services provider offering a unified suite of cloud computing and infrastructure solutions. The core portfolio consists of five integrated service lines: Cloud Management & Consulting (spanning AWS, Azure, private and hybrid environments), Private Cloud Hosting, Cybersecurity, Data Center Co-Location, and Data Backup & Recovery. These services are delivered as an integrated managed services offering where the company designs, hosts, secures, and manages critical infrastructure for organizations. Optional add-on capabilities include Managed EDR with 24/7 threat monitoring. A customer-facing My DataYard portal provides self-service access to billing, webmail, and email filtering tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cloud Management & Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.97 out of 4 star customer satisfaction rating for technical support
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ntiva: US-based managed IT and cloud services provider with a similar multi-cloud, managed security, and co-location portfolio serving SMB and mid-market customers. Closely comparable on delivery model and service breadth.
• Flexential: Provider of colocation, managed cloud, and managed security services to mid-market and enterprise customers. Comparable on integrated data center plus managed cloud plus security stack.
• Expedient: Managed cloud, colocation, and managed services provider with multiple US data centers. Direct comparable on co-location plus managed cloud delivery model, with broader geographic reach.
• Rackspace Technology: Pure-play multi-cloud managed services provider across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and private cloud, with managed security and professional services. Closest public-market comparable to DataYard's multi-cloud managed services portfolio.
• Dataprise: Mid-market and enterprise managed IT services provider covering cloud hosting, managed cybersecurity, backup/recovery, and co-location. Direct comparable on service mix and customer segment.

Broad incumbents

• IBM Managed Services: Global systems integrator and managed services incumbent with broad multi-cloud, security, and infrastructure outsourcing capabilities. Competes on enterprise managed services RFPs.
• CDW: Large US value-added reseller and managed services provider delivering cloud, security, and infrastructure services to mid-market and enterprise. Competes in the same procurement vehicles as DataYard.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS): Hyperscaler whose AWS Managed Services and Well-Architected partner program compete directly with DataYard's cloud management and consulting line, and which increasingly absorbs MSP economics through marketplace and Enterprise Discount Programs.
• Microsoft Azure Managed Services: Hyperscaler offering its own managed cloud services and Azure Expert MSP partner program. Competes at the platform level and co-opts MSP value capture through marketplace and direct managed offerings.
• Accenture Cloud Services: Global consulting and managed services incumbent covering cloud migration, managed operations, and security. Sets the competitive benchmark for large enterprise managed cloud engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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