Server Hosting: Helping to Reduce the Worries of Reduced Security

Physical Servers can be time consuming and consume significant resources in terms of both energy and man power. Virtual server hosting, also known as Cloud Hosting can remove the need for maintenance and help you to see reductions in your power bills. However is its major drawback that reduced security within a public cloud, could leave your personal files open for all to see?

Is Server Hosting Safe?

As with many things, when numerous organisations are all utilising one ‘virtual’ server, organisations are understandably concerned about how secure their personal data is. For exactly this reason, some server hosting companies are now offering what is often referred to as a ‘private cloud’; a more secure version of the public cloud. This means that your organisation will still have access to all the benefits of virtual server hosting such as, reduced energy bills, 100% uptime, no maintenance costs, increased online storage facilities and immeasurable online applications and programmes that can be increased or decreased with ease without the dampener of security issues.

Do you Need a Private Cloud all to Yourself?

Private clouds, billed as the “more secure and reliable option to public clouds” can allow your company to have dedicated server hosting. They are available for all businesses but may be most beneficial for organisations with high growth or frequent fluctuations in capacity, such as major sales events or marketing campaign sites.

It’s also important to bear in mind, the suggestion that cloud hosting may never have guaranteed security, however its purely up to the individual whether the benefits that ‘tapping into the cloud’ could have on your business outweigh the risks.

For a fraction of the usual cost, companies infrastructure can be infinitely improved through the utilisation of readily available, state of the art business applications.

However ID analyst David Bradshaw warns that as virtual server hosting continues to grow, as do the risks, “The richer the pot of data, the more cloud service providers need to do to protect it.”

Good Server Hosting Companies work with their clients to explain to them exactly what the potential risks are but also the systems that they have in place to protect their data. This ensures that the business is aware of any threats, whilst also being able to experience a more efficient business, able to keep up with the ever-evolving market at a fraction of the original cost.

With Commensus your Server is in Safe Hands

Commensus is an established IT solutions company who understands the concerns of businesses around security. Their dedicated staff work with you to discover the most suitable package for your requirements.

For more information on the solutions they offer, please call +44 (0)208 661 4650 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              +44 (0)208 661 4650      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.