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Lower capital cost - no need to buy a new server, which will need upgrading and replacing every 3-4 years

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Lower upgrade costs - get to use the latest Microsoft Office software all the time

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No Licensing issues- all your software is licensed and managed for you, no more illegal copies of software with audit worries

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Extend the life of your desktop PCs - or replace them with inexpensive Thin Client devices

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Access your virtual desktop from anywhere with an internet connection.

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Less internet Bandwidth needed - work faster than a VPN on ADSL

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Fixed ongoing costs - easy to budget for.

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Increased productivity.

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The Virtual Desktop environment proposed places all the strain on the server - the PC becomes a dumb client accessing programs running on the virtual server across the Internet.

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Your Office applications, accounting applications and business applications are all installed on the server, with each user logging into the server as a Remote Desktop user.

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The network now has to carry only the changes to the screen display, and your key strokes and mouse movements all the processing is done on the virtual server and not the local access device.

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One of the biggest costs and hassles for businesses is technology - when it goes wrong, the delays in getting things fixed are frustrating, and the cost of calling out service personnel, constantly upgrading hardware and software- and even working out what is needed to make it work all add up to a significant cost of doing business for your organisation.

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By putting the software on the server, this responsibility is moved to the Service Provider- they keep the software up to date, they make sure the server has enough performance to meet your needs, they fix it when it goes wrong - without a callout charge to visit your offices.

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PC's that have run out of disk space or memory get a new lease of life - they will work fine as remote desktop PC's, as long as they can connect to the Internet.

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You can also access everything from any location on the internet - home, customer's office, hotel room, internet café.

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Overall less capital expenditure, less support hassles, less downtime - more productive time working on your business.

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A server centrally hosted for your company to run your bespoke software, accounting application and provide file and print services for multiple sites.

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Hosted Exchange email - with shared calendars so that the team can see when others are available and where they are, and shared contacts making it easier to manage customer directories.

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Replacing PC based Office software, anti-virus and backups with central thin client software and services, making remote working easier and more efficient and reducing the need for PC upgrades and support.