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Hosting platform solutions

Hosting platform solutions for your business

Hosting platform solutions for your business Choosing a cloud partner is a critical decision for any organisation, regardless of its size and it’s important to be aware that not all cloud service providers are the same. We were the first UK service provider to achieve ISO 27001: 2013 and combine technical expertise with a range of comprehensive, pragmatic solutions, shaped by our experience of helping clients make the choices that best meet their needs.

Hosting platform solutions

We offer flexible solutions, tailored to your unique needs; you could choose to completely outsource the administration to us; you might want to simply host your environment with us, but manage the solutions yourself; or your organisation might benefit from a combination of the two. We do as much or as little as you want, the decision is yours.

Our managed cloud solutions deliver business critical services from our privately owned, highly available UK datacentre. We work with organisations of all sizes and complexity, in professional services, corporate & commercial and public sectors, helping them achieve the right outcome, with solutions designed around their current and future needs.

Hosted Desktop We know you want your business to be more efficient and more productive. But in the past, too much emphasis was placed on the specification of the hardware and technology used to run your business, but that is changing; now the focus is on how and when you can use the most appropriate applications.

Your business is no longer restricted by the lifecycle of the on premise solution; no more upgrading servers or desktop PCs. You can now access everything from your own desktop, on any device, anywhere, anytime and that creates a whole new world of opportunities for your business to do more and do it better.

Benefits:

Whether you call it ‘Desktop as a Service’ (DaaS), Hosted or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) the concept is the same and will deliver significant benefits for your business. The ability for users to log on to their own desktops and access their entire suite of business applications, from CRM to accounts packages, as well as emails and critical data, from any location, using any device, is perhaps the major benefit.

• Works with Windows PC, Linux or Mac

• Includes 10GB storage space per user • Access from anywhere with an internet connection • Full hosted integrated email • Secure SSL connection to our UK datacentres • Fully managed service

• Works with Apple IOS, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry • Flexible billing Considering the potential financial savings; software assurance and reduced licensing issues; the ability to easily scale your business, up and down; the increased productivity of your staff; the closer collaboration between colleagues; the 24/7 availability and increased security; the resilient and consistent back-up and disaster recovery solutions; the question is not when, but who will help you make the switch to a hosted desktop?

ISV Hosting Through experience, we know that as Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s) you understand the technical aspects of transitioning to the Cloud. However, the realisation that you will have to adopt an entirely new way of doing business is perhaps causing you more of a problem; with a few sleepless nights no doubt.

We have helped ISV’s use our infrastructure to join the ‘Subscription as a Service’ age and we can help your business make the move too, with a unique approach that offers you real peace of mind.

We are flexible in our approach to building long-term working relationships with ISV’s:

We offer either a dedicated or shared solution for Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s), depending on their particular preferences or what stipulations their clients put in place.

Whatever the choice, Quiss can help.

• We offer several different financial options

We will create a dedicated infrastructure for the sole use of any ISV, allowing them to ‘slice and dice’ to meet the needs of their clients, or ISV’s can choose our shared infrastructure to deliver the same applications.

In our experience, Software as a Service (SaaS) is ideally suited to the shared infrastructure model.

• We can act as the ISV Partner, allowing the client to determine the costing level • We can act as the ISV and provide fee income

• We can ‘white-label’ our services as the ISV’s own solution

Private Shared Cloud We offer a flexible and elastic private shared cloud platform, built around Microsoft Private Cloud IaaS technology, to deliver custom dedicated virtual server and network solutions. Organisations can benefit significantly from the investment we continually make in security, redundancy and load-balancing.

Benefits: • No up-front capital costs

• UK datacentre

• Secure and redundant infrastructure

• ISO 27001: 2013 certified service

• Flexible architecture

• Dedicated virtual servers/networks

Private Dedicated Cloud Our private cloud solution allows you to utilise infrastructure that is entirely dedicated to you. This option offers the most client control of all our hosting solutions, with the client retaining ownership of the hardware, virtual technology and all of the software.

Benefits: • You own each aspect of the solution • You choose the technologies that best suit your organisation • You have several different financial options to help you realise the right outcome:

> You can utilise your existing hardware and software > You can make a capital investment in new infrastructure > You can lease a new infrastructure > You can use a combination of all three

Cloud Security Processing or storing confidential and sensitive data beyond the secure walls of your organisation will undoubtedly introduce security concerns, with every hacking or virus story increasing the perceived risk.

It is these concerns that not only drive our approach to cloud security, but ensure we look to cloud-based solutions to protect you, your system and the valuable data it contains.

Our unique approach not only addresses network considerations, but solves the security problems introduced by a highly mobile workforce. We deliver a comprehensive application and device management solution that addresses the challenge of any device, anywhere, while ensuring your resources are protected from unauthorized access.

Protection at every entrance Endpoint security is improved within your organisation thanks to steps taken to secure your Active Directory, addressing concerns about administrative security, passwords, group security and domain controller security.

Our solutions are tailored to protect desktops, laptops and file servers, using advanced technology antivirus, antispyware, firewall and host intrusion prevention applications.

All of which you can manage through a single web-based console that allows you to assess network protection levels, without any additional hardware or management software.

Cloud-based security products achieve a faster awareness and knowledge of the most current virus and malware threats. This ensures they

can react more quickly to them, than an isolated on-premise environment, which is often waiting for a manual installation of important updates.

Importantly, security updates occur automatically and keep systems current, whether workers are office-based, mobile or remote.

Mobile without the risk Increasing quantities of business data stored or accessed on employee mobile devices creates a management and security challenge. Balancing productivity against security, whilst recognising growing employee demands for BYOD brings added pressure to get it right, first time.

Our cloud-based solutions allow you to implement mobile security policies and monitor the status of each device. We will keep all your devices safe and ensure your data remains secure, whether the device is attacked from outside or from within.

By isolating corporate and personal data on mobile devices, we can encrypt all data to ensure security is paramount, whilst employee productivity is unaffected.

The cloud-based solutions we deploy ensure even when files are shared, saved to cloud storage, or distributed outside your business, they remain secure.

Excellence through experience

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