SME’s have forever growing requirements for IT operations within their businesses, these usually include an area to store files, an email system and the ability to run applications such as an accounts system or line of business systems.
A popular solution to for SME’s has traditionally been a Microsoft Small Business Server installed somewhere in your office, however this approach can introduce its own problems and issues.
Backups, a survey by Symantec discovered that 38% of small businesses have no backups of their servers. Backups are frequently not take, not tested, and not stored away from the servers.
Server Environment, is having a server under a desk or in a cupboard a secure place to store valuable data? Is the environment suitable to ensure that is will not overheat, suffer power outages, or be covered in coffee?.
Remote Working, people are increasing requiring to work on the move, or from home. During the 2010 winter in the UK, snow meant that 1/5th of 6.4 million people were not able to get to work. Does your IT infrastructure provide the flexibility to allow all staff to work from anywhere?.
The solution to all these problems can be found in the Cloud..
