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Why Cloud Computing?

A powerful alternative to dedicated servers and on-premise hardware

Cloud computing can deliver significant value to companies large and small, with benefits ranging from unmatched economies of scale compared to an in-house system, enhanced functionality and mobility, reduced costs, rapid deployment and easy scalability.

10 reasons why Robson’s cloud hosting makes sense

1. Reduce or even eliminate capital expenditures: Your business will gain access to an enterprise technology infrastructure without incurring the capital expense associated with purchasing physical servers. With virtually no up-front cost, companies can start small and then quickly and easily scale the project to meet any additional business needs with little project or financial risk.
2. Re-focus IT team on delivering business value: By shifting infrastructure and application maintenance and support to Robson, your internal IT team’s time is freed up. This lets them focus on functionality, innovation and delivering business value rather than upgrading, licensing, patching and monitoring. Technical support is available 24×7, which reduced the burden on your IT staff even further.
3. Maximize use of resources: Since resources are combined into large clouds and delivered on an as-needed basis, you can avoid over-provisioning for services that don’t meet expected usage levels or under-provisioning for those services that exceed expectations. Servers are not left idle, which can improve the speed of application development, reduce costs and increase computer capacity since engineering for peak loads is unnecessary.
4. On-demand scalability: You can quickly respond to shifting IT needs and real rather than projected requirements, including adding or reducing capacity and users on demand. Scalability and flexibility are hallmarks of cloud computing and since service costs are based on actual consumption, you only pay for what you use.
5. Time to value measured in weeks (or even days), not months: Whether you’re looking to deploy an MS Exchange email solution or develop a custom application, cloud-based solutions deliver a significantly reduced time to value. In fact, where some organizations are putting IT projects that don’t deliver an almost immediate return on investment on hold, those turning to the cloud are achieving a key competitive advantage by gaining a head start on the competition.
6. Levels the playing field for SMEs: Businesses rent rather than purchase the infrastructure, software or other IT services they need, which significantly reduces the cost of entry while making operating costs easier to control. While this certainly benefits established enterprises, it also levels the playing field for start-ups and SMEs by allowing them to deploy new products and services quickly and affordably.
7. Centralized security: You can leverage Robson’s perimeter and network security, and other foundation-level efficiencies offered by our centralized architecture. Foundation-level efficiencies can include advanced monitoring, OS provisioning, application lifecycle management and configuration management, which can be highly cost prohibitive, especially for SMEs.
8. System uptime guarantees: Our enterprise cloud hosting services are highly reliable and available, so you can rest easy knowing the services you’ve subscribed to are available 24×7. This level of service is backed by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) that firmly places the onus on Robson to deliver on our 100 percent uptime guarantee.
9. Anywhere, anytime access: With remote offices, traveling users, home-based users and businesses spread across multiple time zones becoming the norm, users are more geographically dispersed than ever before. Cloud computing connects all parts of your business via an Internet connection, making it easier for your teams to collaborate and ultimately achieve greater productivity. Even if the office connection fails and there is no on-site redundancy, your team can access their data and information from home offices or the nearest Wi-Fi enabled location.
10. Backups and disaster recovery: Robson performs daily backups so you always have access to your data and information. This lets you easily recover from PC failures, comply with government regulations or retrieve inadvertently deleted messages or information. Robson also offers a range of disaster recovery services depending on the needs of your business.