IT Support Sheffield, yorkshire

HOSTING - what is it?

Hosting, also known as ASP (Application Support Provision) is a very important emerging technology. In actual fact, the technology is not new, but until only recently it has been prohibitively expensive for the Small / Medium Business.

Hosting allows you to have all your applications (Word, Excel, etc.) and your information, stored at a remote site. It does not even matter if you're not running Windows XP; we have clients who run Windows 98SE and when they click on the "Remote Desktop" icon, the Desktop changes to their XP Desktop, and all their familiar application icons appear. NOTHING needs to be stored on the local machine.

HOSTING / asp - benefits

• Data Security; because the information is not stored on the local PC, it is safer. We have all heard the horror stories of the lost laptop containing important information, which then falls into the wrong hands. This cannot happen with Hosted Solutions.

• Portability; your data is available anywhere there is an internet connection.

• Because the data is warehoused, the backup plans and physical security measures taken, are far in advance of those usually taken by the Small Business.

• Multi-site operation made easy. Because the data is not stored at ANY one site, each branch has equal billing when it comes to access, and because the data is centrally administered, it is easy to make changes to the whole business in one easy manoeuvre.

There are many other advantages, too; why not contact us to discuss the options available to you via Nemark Application Hosting?