Business - The Cloud

Ive been in the computer industry over 35 years, back then all your office work was stored in the computer on your desk or an office based server to allow sharing documents and spreadsheets with other staff. Back then Hard drive sizes were small (under 1Gb, by the late 1990's had increased to around 20-40Gb) Around 2005 storage requirements increased, likely as more staff worked remotely such as field sales, 2007 saw the arrival of cloud based store services including Dropbox and OneDrive (known as SkyDrive back then), offering access anywhere via the internet. Google Drive was later, in 2012 These services came with a limitation, your work is no longer inside your office, hackers have an easier way of possible access and 3rd party access is now demanded by a government who is generally not your home country, other complications arose such as the need for reliable Internet connectivity and the lack of ability to share data between staff as you used to do when in the office on the same network It didnt take long before almost all your work is in the cloud, stored on someone else's server you have never met in a foreign country and a government dictating they have access via unpublized or hidden legislation. This escalated in to a problem, a concern for both business owners and your clients asking, where is your data? is it secure? who can access it? so, how do you regain control of your work without major change to your current processes? Its likely way easier than expected, We have a very keen eye on data location and protection, keeping you in sole control of your data with a known return on investment Your current workflow doesn't need to change and generally we have seen it get better, we offer hardware that you would own to provide services like the cloud offers only now its inside your office walls, this is known as private cloud and means you have totoal control of your data and who has access to it. Some private cloud services include VPN, private owned PBX phone systems, email servers, file sharing, all allow you complete control of all your work as its all inside your office. The net result is the ability to offer your clients a confident response that it wasn't you who lost any of there details. An added bonus is your insurance company is way happier. Future podcast will explore the above products in more depth including internet security, VPN, voice and text collaboration, email services and unified multisite WiFi.