What Are Cloud Services?

The cloud has a broad meaning, but relates to technology that’s stored and accessible through the internet and stored on servers in data centers.

TechKnowledge Solutions has aligned with key cloud services companies to provide you with the best solutions for your business. Whether you’re a small company to a large corporation, we’ve got scalable cloud solutions to match your needs and goals. Some applications are ideal for the cloud while others are less suited and more costly. For some businesses, accessibility and function are more important than budget, for others cost is the major concern. Therefore, most businesses need a custom or hybrid solution.

There are myriad cloud solutions out there, and you need a guide to help you evaluate which ones are right for you. We’ll assess the benefits to your company, then we’ll implement and support your cloud computing, resulting in lower IT costs for you. Our assessment includes insightful recommendations on public, private or hybrid cloud environments to fit your unique business.

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)

SaaS, also referred to as on-demand software, provides your company with licensed software on a subscription basis.  SaaS creates the potential to reduce your IT support costs. Instead of the high initial software cost it’s used and charged on a monthly basis.  This also helps you stay current with software upgrades and easily manage software licenses.

HOSTED MICROSOFT EXCHANGE

Benefits of hosted email – this is where your office structure begins.

• Reliable – 99.9% uptime

• Professional image – use your own domain name to promote your brand for your email addresses

• Sharing and collaboration – share your files, contact lists and calendars among your staff

• Cost effective – for smaller businesses who don’t need to own an email server

• Scalability – add as many email accounts as you want, when you need them

• Spam and virus filtering

• Built in data backup and protection

• Fast implementation – most systems can be set up and running in less than a day

• Access – allows for synchronized access through traditional email clients like Outlook, web browsers, and mobile devices

• Secure file storage – secure them by user or group and add on full encryptions

• Encrypted file transfer

VIRTUAL OFFICE/ REMOTE OFFICE

Taking your business IT infrastructure to the cloud and replacing your in-house servers with a cloud-hosted solution can potentially reduce your expenses and give you access across a multitude of platforms and equipment.

Because your date is off-site, you’ll get additional disaster recovery protection and you won’t need local management of servers and software.  Cloud hosting is the perfect solution if you’ve got multiple remote users and if you need to access files when you’re not on site.

Imagine being able to access your office network from anywhere with an Internet connection and decreasing your time spent updating and maintaining your existing computer systems. You’ll get all this with your virtual/remote office.

• Your entire business software stored, powered, maintained, backed up, upgraded and delivered on Internet servers.

• Runs on PCs, Macs, and smart devices.

• Increased office staff productivity.

• Longer lifespan of existing computers that don’t have to run software.

• Lower local PC costs.

• Decreased deployment and management costs.

• Fast new employee deployment.

CLOUD FILE SERVER

When you transition to a cloud server your data will be centralized and managed off-site. This means easier and potentially less expensive maintenance and updates, increased disaster security and reduced new equipment expenses for you.

• Private, shared and hybrid hosted servers

• Online file storage

• File sharing and transfer

• Continuous file backup

• Off-line access

• Enterprise class security

• Privacy Controls

• User management

• Predictable Expenses

• Anywhere Access

• Security

• Maintenance Included

• Scalability

• Reliability

• Hosted in data center

ONLINE BACKUP

We have a variety of options for protecting your data including local, off-site, cloud, and disaster recovery. We’ll guide you through the best options for handling your increased storage demands to streamline your day-to-day operations and give you peace of mind.

• Multilevel protection - Enhances your local backup plan with an additional redundant off-site or cloud plan.

• Accessible - Easy access and availability from anywhere in the world.

• Reliable - large scale recovery anytime and anywhere.

• Secure - Encrypted data transfer.

• Cost-effective - We recommend the best storage plan to fit your needs.

• Your unique business backup solution:

• Automatic or Scheduled Backups
• Custom Configurations
• Incremental Backups
• Reliable Data Restores
• Open and Locked File Support
• File version support