Hosted Desktop Comparison Looks At Why A Business Would Choose a Hosted Desktop Service?
Hosted Desktop Comparison believes offsite hosting through Hosted Desktop provides a number of key advantages, particularly if hosted in a data centre facility. Below are just some of the reasons Hosted Desktop Comparison believes organisations chose to host their IT services offsite.
1. A higher level of IT infrastructure normally only available to enterprise size organisations
2. By hosting servers in a dedicated data centre the equipment is ensured of the highest quality buildings facilities including
a. Redundant power backed by UPS and Diesel generators
b. Redundant Air Conditioning systems
c. SLA - 99.9% Availability
d. Environmental monitoring and Fire Suppression systems.
e. 24hr availability of equipment for maintenance staff
f. Biometrically controlled building security
g. Ultra reliable Internet access
3. Alternative solutions require the customer to manage applications, hardware, licenses and backup’s, user rights, upgrades and much more, by hosting your office equipment offsite, the provider fulfil all these services on your behalf
4. High-speed encrypted connectivity from Data centres ensure that remote access for applications, data and printing operates effectively across a secure broadband link. Enterprise Level firewall’s and security are in place to protect again hackers and other €internet threats.
5. Business continuity / backup solution.
a. Hosted Desktop Providers remove the risk of you business being down because of floods etc by allowing users to work from any location at any time.
b. “High availability” solution as standard. If the highly redundant server hardware were to fail, your systems would automatically restart on a new server within minutes in the same state it was just moments before (if a virtualised environment is used).
In addition to the technical advantages of hosting your office applications, there are also a number of key financial benefits too. Hosted Desktop is a subscription service and charges are calculated on the basis of the number of users. Fees are paid on a monthly basis with no extra set up costs for new users.
