ICO Business Secure Desktop - A Tailored Solution, Customised for your Business
- Reduce your power consumption
- Free up valuable office space
- Secure your business
with ICO Business.
Businesses rely on IT, but many lose important data by simply failing to put a disaster recovery plan in place.
Many businesses rely on an in-house server as the only storage device for the business. We call this a single-point-of-failure.
If your server crashed, was stolen or was even damaged in a flood or a fire, how long would it take you to recover your business and have your team back up and running?
Even if your back-up tapes are in good shape the restoration could take several days if not weeks.
And just how good are those tapes? Are you satisfied that the tapes have been changed daily, that they are functioning correctly and that they are stored off-site? How much data can you afford to lose?
Say Goodbye to Your Server!
With ICO Business we take care of the problems associated with an in-house server by removing it completely.
All of your data are securely stored and backed-up in our ultra-high security, highly redundant purpose-built data centre using virtual clustered technology which overcomes single points of failure.
How does it work?
All of the data on your physical server and the data stored on your office PCs is transferred to an ICO VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server) in our data centre. ICO specialises in serious hosting with high availability and high uptime.
ICO Business is designed to increase business efficiency and profitability. We make sure there is no loss of data and no loss of time; to the end user each PC essentially works in the same way. In the background, things are different, however. All of your applications are consolidated and stored in our data centre and can be accessed from anywhere you have an internet connection.
ICO Business can be run on existing office PCs, thin clients, laptops or a combination of all three; reducing both the hardware and the power costs to the business.
What are the Benefits?
BUSINESS:
- Data security - Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity – Data are always available, secured and backed-up
- 99.999% availability
- Security against theft or natural disaster (e.g. fire or flood)
- Reduces power costs and consumption (no need to run air-conditioning or UPS)
- More environmentally friendly
- Increases physical office space (use your server room as an additional office, meeting room or store room)
- Reduces the cost of hardware, software and licensing – not to mention the cost of IT support staff - with ICO Business you may not need a full time IT staff member
- Scalability without the cost as your staffing needs change (add additional staff with ease and minimal infrastructure)
- Staff motivation. Your staff also have the flexibility of working anywhere there is an Internet connection
- Avoid peak hour traffic and start your working day at home
- Comply with industry regulations easily in terms of security, archiving and legal requirements
- Easier budgeting of monthly costs
- Operational Expenditure Vs Capital Expenditure
- ICO Help Desk
IT:
- No server warranty costs
- No server updates or upgrades
- Consolidate your IT management -
- Reduce the time spent managing multiple desktops
- Leaner environment, deploy resources elsewhere
- Scalability as staffing needs change (add additional staff with ease and minimal infrastructure).
- Update desktop PC’s/notebooks far less often
- Easy to manage/control
- Operate branch offices without headaches and integrate new business acquisitions with ease
END USER:
- Flexibility - Access your work documents securely from anywhere Internet connectivity is available
- No complex VPN configurations
- No data stored locally on end user machines
- Always use the latest version of technology
