One of the concerns people sometimes have about switching to Hosted Exchange – our cloud email platform – is about security. As with any cloud service, Hosted Exchange means placing your business data (emails, contact details, diary entries and so on) in the hands of a trusted supplier. How do
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Monday, 26 March 2012 10:33 am
Five characteristics of cloud services
Cloud services can be hard to get your head round because they span so many different areas. Although ours are focused on desktop computing, email, storage and backup, there are cloud services out there to do your accounts, make phone calls, create presentations … it seems like you can do
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A complete beginner’s guide to the cloud
Cloud computing is everywhere you go. Well, just about. A search for the phrase on Google generates around 112 million results. And every IT organization going is providing some sort of ‘cloud-based solution’ or ‘cloud computing system’. The truth is, cloud computing can be a difficult concept to grasp if
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Five options for emergency Internet access
For some people, not being able to get on the internet feels like losing a limb. But for businesses, losing access to the internet can be far more serious. You can be looking at missed enquiries, lost orders, a lack of productivity … potentially, you’re losing money every minute you’re
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The cloud is an easier way to upgrade your IT
Even in these cash-strapped times, there’s little reason for delaying an IT upgrade for too long. Technology still changes fast. The most up-to-date computer software and applications will let you do new things and be more efficient. And – perhaps more pressingly – equipment has a tendency to age, extended
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IT Firm Launches the ‘Yorkshire Cloud’
A Yorkshire IT firm has launched a new regional cloud computing server offering that will provide smaller businesses in the region with the benefits of cloud hosting their IT services over the internet. Integral IT operates a team of trained onsite IT engineers from its Harrogate base, servicing businesses across
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