Cloud computing is effectively using on demand computing and storage resources to provide services to your business. Cloud computing means that you have access to whatever resources you need, whilst only ever paying for what you need.
Digitance partners with Microsoft and Amazon to offer best in class cloud offerings and our certificated engineers will help you achieve your cloud goals.
Benefits of Cloud Based Services
Cost
Hosting on the cloud reduces the overhead expense of buying equipment and applications, including operating on-site storage centres, computing towers, round-the-clock heating and cooling energy and maintenance. Traditional methods waste resources and involve the employment of staff to manage them effectively.
Security
The cloud provides a wide variety of strategies, technology and control that improves security, helping to secure files, applications and networks from possible threats.
Performance
The most extensive cloud computing services run on a worldwide network in secure data centres that are regularly upgraded to the latest generation of technology. This can offer many benefits compared to a single company data centre, including lower network latency and more effortless scalability.
Reliability
Cloud computing makes it easier and cheaper to back up, recover and maintain business continuity (find out more), systems can be colocated across a number of geographically dispersed data centres ensuring that 99.9% uptime target.
Productivity
On-site data centres involve a lot of ‘racking and stacking’, equipment configuration, programme patching, and other time consuming IT services. Cloud solutions remove the need for these activities enabling you to focus more of your energy on achieving your company business goals.
Speed
Cloud storage systems are offered as self-service and on request, and often vast volumes of computational power can be distributed in minutes, usually with only a few clicks, allowing companies lots of versatility and taking the burden off preparing ability.
What cloud services do we offer?
Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop is a cloud-based software and device virtualization application which enables workers to use their work machines remotely. It has many advantages from improved productivity and reductions in equipment expense.
Hosted Applications
A hosted application is a software as a service (SaaS) solution that enables users to execute and operate a software application on a recurring subscription entirely from the cloud. Apps are stored and operated from the remote cloud network and accessible through the Web globally.
Cloud Storage
Cloud storage takes a clone of data from a workstation or server and holds that information in multiple servers sometimes in several locations. Cloud storage services can be accessed via a cloud computing service, a programming interface for web service applications or applications such as cloud desktop storage, a cloud storage gateway or web-based content management systems.
Microsoft 365 (Known as Office 365)
Microsoft 365 is a cloud-focused, subscription model that includes the most popular productivity suite – Microsoft Office. Microsoft 365 includes the same core applications as traditional office versions, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and many other included applications depending on your subscription plan such as Publisher, Planner, OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, Access Skype, Yammer and Microsoft Teams Microsoft 365 now includes Windows as a service, meaning there is need to maintain endpoint software inventory any more. There are many different plans, and we can help you choose the right one. You will also be able to use your subscription on many devices so you can work on the go.
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Looking for something else?
The list of what you can achieve in the cloud is inexhaustible. If you have a specific cloud project in mind, get in touch and see how we can help.
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