You’ve no doubt heard many different things about cloud technology, which has led many to question how they can take advantage of it.

Cloud technology is an extremely varied field: if you are using any IT equipment that is not physically with you on site then you are technically utilising cloud technology. But what can you do to take advantage of the new opportunities that exist within the cloud? Here are a few suggestions for you to consider:

1. Utilise offsite data backup.

With ever improving connectivity, the cloud presents you with numerous options to back up your most critical files offsite. Ideally, you should be looking for a solution which replicates your files across 2 locations. Utilising the cloud in this way makes your company more resilient in the event of IT failure, and will usually provide cost savings versus traditional tape-based backup solutions. For more information on Data Backup services, please click here.

2. Virtualise your Servers

If you’ve already got physical servers, you could substantially lower your IT costs by taking a virtual servers instead. Virtual servers are presented in a similar manner to a dedicated server, and have high-availability mechanisms to keep you online even in the event of an equipment failure. For more information on how virtual servers can lower your IT costs, please click here.

3. Virtualise your Data Centre Space

The development and deployment of services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) now provide you with the opportunity to virtualise your entire data centre presence. While similar to the virtual server options, the Virtual Data Centre concept adds the ability for you to provision fully-customisable network, storage and server configurations in a self-service environment. For more information on our Virtual Data Centre service, please click here.