Hosted Services: What Are They and How Do They Work

Hosted services are the aspirin for your headache and the cure for what ails your IT infrastructure.

Hosted services provide:

• Customized, budget-sensitive solutions for your IT support needs
• Reduced operating costs for your business
• Peace of mind

What Are Hosted Services?

There are multiple components to hosted services, but they all fit under the umbrellas of:

• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Hardware as a Service (HaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS).

The combination of these elements provides comprehensive security, capacity, scalability, and access to state-of-the-art equipment.

It helps keep your business operational in the most cost-effective and customized manner possible.

How Are Hosted Services Provided?

Hosted services are provided in a highly customized manner that may be different for every client.

A client in the health industry may be singularly focused on backup and recovery as a means of protecting patient data.

An oil and gas industry client may need state-of-the-art hardware that they don’t have to think about or maintain but can still count on uptime.

A corporate client may need a combination of services that provides maximum value for the investment.

What makes hosted services the future of IT support in Calgary are the limitless customization options available to make the service suit your business needs and budget.

Why Does My Business Need Hosted Services?

The simple answer to this question is: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Security – Hosted Services provide updates to your operating systems, filter spams, eliminate viruses and prevent hackers from accessing your sensitive data. One of the most crucial roles of hosted services is to enhance security, increase uptime, and allow business leaders to maintain their focus on their clients, not on their IT.

Monitoring – Expert-level monitoring of equipment, software, applications, and servers to ensure that anything that might go wrong is stopped in its tracks.

Off-site Backup & Recovery – In this age of data breaches, nothing is more crucial than a secure network. Offsite backups are a must for every business, protecting organizations from the loss of data that occurs as a result of onsite server failures, cyber-attacks, or physical catastrophes such as fire, flood, theft, or vandalism.

Managed Email – One of the easiest ways to prevent security issues is to filter them out before they ever reach your business. Using a hosted email service provides an additional layer of security to every aspect of your operation.

The ITeam provides hosting services and customized IT support to Calgary and Alberta businesses, with secure storage and 24/7 monitoring in a Calgary-based secure facility.

Hosted services are not a one-size-fits-all solution.

The ITeam will work with your business to customize a cost-effective solution and help you develop a comprehensive plan that will ensure the peace of mind you need to focus on your business.

Contact us for a free consultation.