Rackspace Cloud Services

Rackspace cloud services are becoming more and more popular in recent times, and if you are in business, something that you will need to be aware of. Simply put, Rackspace cloud services encompass the idea of moving data storage and computer servers online, instead of keeping it locally.

This has become far more popular in recent months and years, primarily due to the fact that the business in this area is only just fully opening up. There are many services on offer, but the overall benefits are clear – by paying only a small amount, you can have huge amounts of space and computing for data up in the cloud, meaning a great many benefits for the user.

But in what ways is Rackspace cloud services beneficial? Firstly, in the business world companies are using ever increasing amounts of data space and computing servers. Pretty much everything is becoming automated, and this only means more space is being taken up and more CPU performance is required.

Cloud Storage

A lot of the time businesses are unable to cope with the increasing strain of storage, as it can cost an awful lot to keep all of this data secured on site, as companies will have to invest in specific storage and servers solely to hold all of their data. Rackspace cloud storage service can be compared to buying extra space for clutter, as it were. Even if the data is incredibly important, at times, if you have to much of it, it will get in the way and can slow systems down dramatically.

If you store it online, however, in the cloud, then you can start to save an awful lot of space overall. Instead of saving all this data locally, you can simply upload it to the cloud, meaning you can rest easy knowing your data is safe and easily accessible, but you are not having to worry about finding the space to store it.

It is also incredibly secure – a lot of the time there are worries about viruses and bugs on business networks causing a breach in confidential data. This is a genuine worry, as it has been demonstrated before the horrible power that a simple bug can have over gigabytes of company data. Even if there is nothing malicious in the system, a simple power cut can and has caused the loss of huge amounts of data, significantly setting a company back.

So what is the solution to this? Again, Rackspace cloud services for storing your data means several things. Firstly you will not have to store the data locally – meaning no worries about your data crashing and losing a lot of it. It also means you do not have to worry about keeping the data secure - Rackspace cloud services will deal with that aspect, and through providing high quality to you they will ensure that your data is always accessible and kept safe.

It is also incredibly secure. Unlike storing data on a hard drive where it can physically be seen to be in a fixed location, data stored in the cloud is, technically, nowhere. This means it is far more secure, as any potential hackers will not be able to gain access to it easily, as it is technically nowhere in particular. This can be great for incredibly secure files, as confidential data will be safe in the cloud, taking a huge worry off of your mind.

As well as for storage, it can be incredibly useful for constant access. As it is technically being stored online, so long as an employee has access to the internet they will also have access to the data, if they have the right authorization. This can mean many things – working from home will be far easier, as you will not have to go into work just to physically access data, it can all be done from home. This makes business trips far simpler, and basically any job requiring people to be constantly on the move means that they will still be able to have access to necessary data without having to be in the office.

If you want to share data with other people, again this is far easier, and for teamwork on a project it makes overall collaboration far simpler if everyone is able to access the data whenever they need it, whenever is best for them.

Cloud Servers

On the computing server side, who wants to maintain computing servers in-house anymore and pay an IT department to maintain operating systems and the likes.  Moving the servers to the cloud makes sense as a business can concentrate on its core competencies then rather than keeping its computer servers secure and up to date. 

Rackspace provides managed and un-managed servers in the cloud along with load balancers.  This gives a company some flexibility in choosing the correct service for them.  For example a smaller business may wish a managed cloud service where the cost is a little higher but all the cloud servers are managed by Rackspace along with maintenance, security, upgrades and the likes.  An un-managed cloud service is useful for larger businesses that have IT staff.  The cost is less and the IT staff can be in control of all the software and security side of the servers but without having to manage and maintain the hardware computing elements such as CPU, memory, storage and the likes.

So overall you can see the numerous benefits in Rackspace cloud services. However it is still best to get the best deal possible, so consider using our quote request form to receive free quotes for cloud services.