The cloud has a lot to offer businesses like yours. Contact the N-Tech Consulting team to start the discussion about what the cloud will do for your business.
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The cloud can play an important role for business owners and their staff members in the modern world.
It has replaced traditional business operations with digital alternatives that help to lower costs and allow for data integration and analysis, resulting in higher efficiency.
N-Tech Consulting offers expert support for cloud technologies, geared to address the needs of today’s businesses. Our cloud support services are based on a tailored approach to workflow, ensuring that you have the correct version, setup, and integration to do what you do better.
The cloud is a network of technologies that allows access to computing resources, such as storage, processing power, and more. That's where the data is—in these data centers all around the world. Which data center your data is in depends on what cloud service provider you're working with.
On-premise refers to IT infrastructure that is stored, managed, and accessed directly on-site at your business. If you host a server in a server room at your business, then your systems are considered to be “on-premise”.
In a nutshell, they’re expensive and time-consuming to maintain.
The server is the backbone of an IT environment. While many businesses today have opted to outsource their server needs via the cloud, hosting your infrastructure onsite is still a requirement for many organizations.
That’s why servers need to be taken care of. Careful maintenance, management of updates, and tracking of its lifecycle are critical for an organization’s uptime.
Failing to take care of your server will eventually lead to total server failure. A poorly maintained or aging server can present a number of serious risks to organizations. Without proper management, a faulty server can cause a lot of problems:
By moving your data and apps off-premise through the cloud, you gain a number of key advantages for your business:
One of the most significant benefits of the cloud is that it connects multisite businesses for simple and secure data access. Staff members at different locations can access and share client information regardless of the physical location to which the client goes.
Did you know that one of the most common ways cybercriminals get into a network is through vulnerabilities in out-of-date software? That’s why your apps and programs need to be kept up to date.
In an on-premise system, managing patches and updates can be a lot of tedious work. With your apps hosted in the cloud, however, your updates are run automatically. This boosts your apps’ security and functionality, without requiring you to take on any extra work.
Working with third-party vendors is often necessary for today’s businesses, but doing so isn’t always easy. Many will require a direct connection to your physical on-premise infrastructure.
The cloud simplifies this arrangement; third parties can be given fully authorized cloud access to the data they need to fulfill their role.
This cloud feature allows you to hire remote working employees to handle back-office and admin tasks. That means you can outsource the office work to capable team members without needing them to work onsite or having to expand your infrastructure to host them at your business.
IT doesn't just mean hardware and software—you need the right people too. With the cloud, you benefit from an expert team of technicians to ensure the cloud services you rely on are functioning properly around the clock.
By storing your data offsite in a data center, you access a vast range of digital and physical security measures to ensure they're safe from all threats.
Managed firewall, antivirus, antispam measures, onsite security personnel, and more to ensure the security of your server information so that you can do your work without having to worry.
By storing your hardware off-site, you gain a valuable contingency against any on-site emergencies.
Power outages, malware attacks, or other disasters can strike your business at any time, but by having your IT infrastructure managed safely off-premises, you have one less thing to account for during an emergency.
If you’re still undecided or would like help in your evaluation, please feel free to reach out to the N-Tech Consulting team.
We help our clients evaluate their options and determine which solution best meets their needs. It's never been easier to start moving your business to the cloud, and the benefits are clear: gain secure and seamless data access to improve the quality of care you offer your clients.
Call us to schedule a complimentary consultation with the N-Tech Consulting team to determine which cloud solution is the right fit for you.
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