Cloud Computing

What is Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing offers business's the opportunity to move their existing data, hardware and software online. Documents, emails, customer information, business applications and other assets can be stored externally 'in the Cloud'; this can then be accessed using a low powered computer, laptop, thin client device or smartphone with internet access.

Cloud Computing may be used as a full solution or may run alongside your existing IT Infrastructure, it can help:

• Remove Capex from the IT budget, reduce hardware costs
• Move software licencing to a per user per month (Software as a Service), fully scalable
• Provide much greater agility within the business
• Support much broader working practices
• Allow your IT staff to focus on solutions that 'Improve the Business'.
• Greater access to new technology
• Better environmental imapact

Reduce Hardware Costs

All hardware and software requirements can be reduced, for example by having all your business applications provided over the internet, you will no longer need to install and setup that software across the business yourself.  All hardware costs are included within an agreed monthly cost that includes technology refresh on agreed timescales.

Scalability

Cloud Computing meets the modern business head on, the whole service is totally scalable, allowing business's to plan for both increases and (hopefully not) decreases. Finanace Directors can rest assured that plans for growth can be made with fixed associated opex costs.