Managing a physical IT infrastructure on-premises can be costly, in time, money and resources. Exporting your data center to a private cloud-based system can be a far more cost-effective option for your business. The private cloud offers flexibility and scalability; customize your cloud environment with hardware and software tailored to your specific business needs, and only pay for the services you require, with extra resources available on-demand whenever you need.

Business owners will know how expensive and time-consuming it can be to manage a physical IT data center on-premises. A lower-cost option that more and more businesses are opting for is the public cloud, a remote data center owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider and accessed via the internet.

Cloud computing is ideal for many businesses, though some find it difficult to choose between the public and private cloud options available. A hybrid cloud solution can provide the best of both worlds, combining the efficiency and cost savings of a public cloud environment with the security and control of the private cloud or a physical data center.

Backing up your files is absolutely vital, but dealing with such large amounts of data can be time-consuming and require costly hardware. And what if this hardware fails? Everything could be lost. A cloud-based option for disaster recovery and backup may be a better option for your business. Alternatively, a cloud backup could act as a secondary backup for your physical backup, to provide an additional layer of security and peace of mind.