IT outsourcing explored - By: Gen Federico

Many businesses today are opting for remote IT outsourcing solutions, in preference to storing and administering all their data in-house. Whether you run a business from a multi-level office block, or your home, using your workplace as your data centre is risky, to say the least.

Not only that â€“ itâ€™s probably unprofessional. How many times have you had to call a local computer â€œgeekâ€ in to sort out a new application, or restore files which have mysteriously been lost or corrupted? Maintaining an IT department, and manning it with IT staff you can trust, is a costly business. A much cheaper option is to employ the services of an IT outsourcing company and let them handle all your files and data solutions at a remote, fully equipped, purpose-built data centre.

Also called a colocation centre, this is a remote facility â€“ often located offshore, in a neutral area such as Lichtenstein or Switzerland â€“ housing multiple servers on either shared server hosting or dedicated server hosting platforms. Shared hosting â€“ also called virtual hosting â€“ relies on several sites all sharing the same server. This is the cheapest option, and suitable for most small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs.) What is best for an SME is not always the same as what is best for a multinational corporation.

However, for larger businesses handling a lot of data, dedicated server hosting is far superior. Here, the client leases an entire server, located on its own computer and not shared by anyone else (the server is often thought to be just the hardware, but in actual fact the term â€œweb serverâ€ refers to the program contained within it â€“ without that program, the server is just a very expensive shell.)

We at Artmotion EU specialise in supplying IT outsourcing solutions to businesses of all kinds. Our specialised colocation centre offers secure, affordable server hosting in a dedicated data centre located in Switzerland.

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