Cloud Solutions
Platned has been providing cloud services to its customers over 10 years now. Cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Google G-Suite have been matured and improved so much and they are considered more secure than in-house data centres.
At a high level Platned specialise in following cloud services.
- Office 365 Email
- Office 365 SharePoint
- Emails
- Google Drive File Stream
- Virtual Servers
- Virtual Network Services
- Azure AD Services
- Azure Connect and VPN
- Web Application Hosting
- Web Application Firewalls
- Azure Backup
- Amazon EC2 Servers
- Virtual Network Services
- VPN Connections
- Web Application hosting
- Web Application Firewalls
- S3 Services including S3 backup
Office 365 / Google G Suite
Our cloud hosted email platform enables you to do everything you currently do with email, contacts and calendars, but will enable you to do it from anywhere simply by logging into your mailbox from any device connected to the Internet.
There are many service providers in this space. Platned mainly work with Office 365 exchange online and Google G suite. Both these services not only provide email services but have many other add on features. These are essential to you when you are running a successful business and you want to have a robust IT setup. Some of the features you can use are listed below.
- Large storage space.
- Extra security control like two factor authentications.
- File storage with access controls.
- Use control features like Azure AD.
- Business class file storage like SharePoint Online and Google Team drive.
- Cost savings with high efficiency and availability.
Cloud Backup
Moving your data from on-premise server, end user computer or application is regarded as cloud backup. There are tools that help in achieving this and most of them have features to enable email notifications, data encryption and version control.
We recommend using following to all our customers.
- Amazon S3 backup
- Azure Backup
These are scalable solutions with very high security option that can be selected based upon your requirements. Further, there are many features such as:
- Date Encryption.
- File level version control.
- Bulk restorations on previous versions.
- Archive options to other sites.
- Disaster recovery options with multi region replications.
- 99.99% uptime.
- High security accreditations suitable for critical government data.
Dedicated / Shared Servers
Traditional businesses have been using in-house servers for all their requirements like file servers, email servers and applications servers. This type of infrastructure needs a lot of supporting facilities to maintain the availability of services. So, businesses have invested on:
- Internal infrastructures like power, UPS, cooling, server rack space.
- Human resources like IT support staff.
- Refreshing on infrastructure frequently (Every 5 years) With the introduction of cloud computing, businesses have options to move local infrastructure to cloud and enjoy advantages associated with it.
We provide following facilities using cloud infrastructure provided by two of the largest service providers in the world i.e. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
- Amazon EC2 Servers.
- Database Services for MS SQL and MySQL.
- Azure Servers.
- Networking Connectivity Using VPNs.
- Cloud Storage for Your Data.
- High Processing Power for Complex Calculations.
Disaster Recovery
Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR) is a backup and restore strategy that involves storing and maintaining copies of electronic records in a cloud computing environment as a security measure. The goal of Cloud DR is to provide an organization with a way to recover data and/or implement failover in the event of a man-made or natural catastrophe.
You can have all your in-house services replicated in the cloud to recover within an acceptable time for your business. Data can be synchronized on daily basis to make sure you don’t lose any records. These are cost effective solutions suitable for small to medium businesses.
This is a telephone system installed on a cloud server and managed by the service provider. Service provider will keep it up to date with all features and updates. End users only must have an internet connection and telephone headset. This is accessible from anywhere on your mobile through an app or a desktop application. You will never miss any calls.