What is Cloud Computing? Is it right for my business? How do I migrate to the Cloud?

All are familiar questions that should form part of your IT Strategy. As an experienced and leading provider of Managed Cloud Services CSG will help you to understand the concept and advise you on the best solution to suit your business.

CSG Managed Services utilises the latest advances in cloud computing (managed hosting) to deliver a superb IT service to our clients. Cloud computing is suitable for all sizes of business, and offers significant benefits over traditional IT infrastructures.

Essentially cloud computing is the delivery of business applications and software over the internet (the cloud). Rather than sitting on your own internal servers, software and data is stored on secured servers in a dedicated data centre serving multiple businesses. With advances in technology and the internet, many forward-thinking businesses are now turning to cloud computing to replace their traditional IT infrastructures.

Cloud computing enables you to access advanced business services at a fraction of the cost and management overhead of doing it yourself, and pay on a fixed monthly fee. No surprises, no unforeseen costs and everything managed for you. This approach massively reduces both the operational and financial risks involved when implementing new technologies. Services are delivered to you with robust Service Level Agreements that would be too costly to match in-house.

CSG’s Cloud vPlatform comprises all the cloud computing services needed to run your business, at a fixed monthly cost:

• Hosted Business Email
• Hosted MS Office
• Hosted Accounts and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
• Hosted Communications
• Hosted Desktop
• Hosted Telephony
• Hosted SharePoint
• Cloud Remote Working
• Automated Backup
• Integrated Business Continuity Planning

CSG Cloud vPlatform uses UK data centres and local support, all delivered within a world-class, international network communications capability.

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Benefits of managed hosting via CSG Cloud vPlatform:

• Peace of mind – systems are automatically monitored 24/7 by our virtual engineers
• Fixed monthly fee covering managed hosting, round the clock monitoring, data storage, all hardware and software costs, and support.
• Future proof systems – you benefit from the latest technology and software releases
• Cash flow – no need for you to continually invest in new hardware and software
• Unlimited data storage capacity
• System integrity – industry standard firewalls and security will give your system maximum protection from spam and internet threats
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) is your guarantee of excellent support
• Full reporting suite including standard and customised reports
• Disaster Recovery – if a serious problem occurs at your site, such as a fire or flood, you have the peace of mind that your systems will still be available and your data safe.