The Cloud is just a marketing term for Internet services that can replace costly internal IT and telecoms infrastructure. Most of us already have experience of the cloud with email services like Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail.

Similar cloud services are available for businesses too, letting you benefit from professional management of your applications, infrastructure and data. You just focus on having a reliable Internet connection, while the cloud provider worries about:

• security
• software upgrades and enhancements
• data backup and recovery
• technical support
• fault tolerance
• hardware procurement and upgrades

If your IT needs are growing and your IT staff is getting stretched thin, now is the time to talk to Consected about the benefits of the cloud.

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There are many options when moving some or all of your IT services to the cloud. Consected can provide a fast Cloud Evaluation to spot opportunities to:

• design, build and host custom cloud applications to replace aging, legacy line of business applications, with Consected Business Applications
• move compute or storage intensive tasks and backups to cloud servers such as Rackspace
• look at the benefits of email and productivity apps like Google Apps for Business
• prevent your email domain being tagged as spam and move email marketing to Constant Contact
• calculate the savings associated with Linux desktop and server operating systems like Ubuntu
• identify opportunities to improve and outsource network security with companies like Kapersky Labs
• move from expense and unused office productivity applications to Google Apps, while supporting low cost Netbooks and tablets
• use Skype for voice and video calls and reduce travel costs with live collaboration & conferencing such as WebEx

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Let's talk. What are your priorities? Do you need a business application or cloud evaluation?

Cloud Business Applications

Do you have a line of business application, a help desk management tool, or specific business process that needs bringing up to date? Learn about our business solutions, which we develop rapidly from templates, host and manage in the cloud. You and your people gain the flexibility to work better, virtually anywhere [read more...]

Cloud Evaluation

Contact us to discuss your requirements and help us understand your interest in the cloud. Allow us to ask questions and provide a rapid evaluation of your opportunities to benefit from the Cloud and open source software. We'll help you build a model for a rapid return on investment (ROI) and see how you can reduce risks and improve IT governance at the same time. [contact us now...]

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