Cloud Computing Now Offering 6 Reasons to Consider Moving Your Business IT Resources
If you've been looking for a faster, more efficient solution for your company's IT resources, you've probably come across the term "cloud computing." Cloud services and virtualization reduce the real estate needed to house large servers, reduce energy costs, reduce staff hours and speed up slower internal and external applications. Uprooting current computer network logic flow and hardware equipment is a scary proposal for most IT managers, but the cloud also has a streamlined process for moving your resources. Here are several reasons you should move to the virtualized cloud.
Hardware Space
Large areas of floor space are occupied by server racks. In addition, certain requirements for your server room is necessary to sustain it, not necessary for cloud computing. For instance, the secure server room must be under temperature control and cooled. Physically it should not be close to windows or doors that lack security. These issues are eliminated with cloud services and virtual servers. A few pieces of server equipment are needed still but one can significantly reduce the overall footprint.
Energy Costs
Stand alone server room space usually represents a large portion of the companies utility cost. These facilities need to be cooled constantly every day all the time but companies that change to cloud services are automatically enjoying significant cost savings on just utilities. The savings under this line item alone is one serious reason to consider cloud storage solutions.
Technology Team
You need your network engineers and support personnel to be available at all times in case a server crashes. Crashed servers cost you thousands of dollars in support salaries and equipment costs. Cloud computing lets you avoid these costs by leaving support to the cloud hosting company. With cloud services, the hosting company replaces any faulty hardware and manages up-time for the servers.
Storage and Backups
No longer must companies purchase expensive hardware like SAN hard drives. Data centers usually handle over 1,000 Terabytes or Petabyte so replacing hard drives is a regular occurrence and one more cost saving measure for businesses that consider cloud solutions. Since backup devices like tape drives are much slower, turning over this responsibility to the cloud service provider increases the backup speed and essentially increases disaster recovery.
Data Security
Data security is no small task and the costs associated with it are higher if the company must handle everything internal. If you don't have the right security, the costs are even higher because penetration and failures will occur. With cloud services, even the backups are secure but you have peace of mind that the data is out of reach.
Shrinking IT Budgets
Cloud hosts only charge you for the virtualized resources you use. You don't have to buy expensive equipment that costs you a fortune upfront. As you need more resources, you add them dynamically. Your technology costs scale up with increased revenue, and you can scale down during slow seasons.
Moving your IT resources is an unknown and sometimes frightening proposition for most business owners and managers, but it's worth the effort. The time and energy savings alone are significant for small businesses. Make sure you choose the right provider, which can be done as long as you research the company and look at your contract before signing it.
The Savit Group can help your company with this consideration and implementation of cloud services. Make sure to give them a ring and ask them about a free consultation to consider if cloud services is right for you. They can be reached during normal business hours at 919-999-2049. You can also review their great website at www.savitgroup.com for more informative details and solutions.
If you've been looking for a faster, more efficient solution for your company's IT resources, you've probably come across the term "cloud computing." Cloud services and virtualization reduce the real estate needed to house large servers, reduce energy costs, reduce staff hours and speed up slower internal and external applications. Uprooting current computer network logic flow and hardware equipment is a scary proposal for most IT managers, but the cloud also has a streamlined process for moving your resources. Here are several reasons you should move to the virtualized cloud.
Hardware Space
Large areas of floor space are occupied by server racks. In addition, certain requirements for your server room is necessary to sustain it, not necessary for cloud computing. For instance, the secure server room must be under temperature control and cooled. Physically it should not be close to windows or doors that lack security. These issues are eliminated with cloud services and virtual servers. A few pieces of server equipment are needed still but one can significantly reduce the overall footprint.
Energy Costs
Stand alone server room space usually represents a large portion of the companies utility cost. These facilities need to be cooled constantly every day all the time but companies that change to cloud services are automatically enjoying significant cost savings on just utilities. The savings under this line item alone is one serious reason to consider cloud storage solutions.
Technology Team
You need your network engineers and support personnel to be available at all times in case a server crashes. Crashed servers cost you thousands of dollars in support salaries and equipment costs. Cloud computing lets you avoid these costs by leaving support to the cloud hosting company. With cloud services, the hosting company replaces any faulty hardware and manages up-time for the servers.
Storage and Backups
No longer must companies purchase expensive hardware like SAN hard drives. Data centers usually handle over 1,000 Terabytes or Petabyte so replacing hard drives is a regular occurrence and one more cost saving measure for businesses that consider cloud solutions. Since backup devices like tape drives are much slower, turning over this responsibility to the cloud service provider increases the backup speed and essentially increases disaster recovery.
Data Security
Data security is no small task and the costs associated with it are higher if the company must handle everything internal. If you don't have the right security, the costs are even higher because penetration and failures will occur. With cloud services, even the backups are secure but you have peace of mind that the data is out of reach.
Shrinking IT Budgets
Cloud hosts only charge you for the virtualized resources you use. You don't have to buy expensive equipment that costs you a fortune upfront. As you need more resources, you add them dynamically. Your technology costs scale up with increased revenue, and you can scale down during slow seasons.
Moving your IT resources is an unknown and sometimes frightening proposition for most business owners and managers, but it's worth the effort. The time and energy savings alone are significant for small businesses. Make sure you choose the right provider, which can be done as long as you research the company and look at your contract before signing it.
The Savit Group can help your company with this consideration and implementation of cloud services. Make sure to give them a ring and ask them about a free consultation to consider if cloud services is right for you. They can be reached during normal business hours at 919-999-2049. You can also review their great website at www.savitgroup.com for more informative details and solutions.
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