Welcome to the next generation of ‘cloud’ computing services. You now have the power to access corporate, personal or social data from virtually anywhere, anytime, and on any device, with simple, familiar collaboration and communication solutions – all backed up by the proven security and guaranteed reliability you would expect from Microsoft.

Cloud computing allows users to access software, infrastructure and storage services over the internet, irrespective of their physical location.

Or, to put it more simply, wherever you go, your desktop is always with you. Imagine what that freedom and flexibility could do for your business?

The possibilities really are endless.

There are multiple cloud-based solutions on the market and making the transition from a physical server environment to a cloud-based one is a bit like a journey.

Imagine starting off with an IT estate comprising 20 physical servers, all housed on site in a server room.
You might then decide to virtualise those servers, so the 20 physical server boxes become two physical boxes, each running 10 virtual servers.

The next step after that is moving to cloud, which means no physical servers on site at all. Instead, all the servers are virtual and off site, leading to big cost savings and far greater flexibility.

At Lanway, we offer a variety of cloud solutions, including IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), SaaS
(Software as a Service) and DCoD (Data Centre on Demand).

With IaaS, rather than purchasing servers, software, data-centre space or network equipment, clients instead buy those resources as a fully outsourced service. We then bill for those services on a utility computing basis so you only pay for what you used.

SaaS delivers software as a service over the Internet, eliminating the need to install and run the application on your own computers – the advantage being it simplifies maintenance and support.

DCoD is a portfolio of IT infrastructure services that allow you to manage and deliver flexible, scalable on-demand applications to your employees, such as Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, CRM and much more.

The beauty with all of these solutions is you can mix and match. So, in effect, you could have some physical
‘on site’ servers, together with some virtualized servers, and some in the ‘cloud’.

We can help you to strike the right balance between flexibility, security and cost.