Solid Select vs Solid Unlimited: Which Managed IT Plan Is Right for You?
What every Managed IT plan includes, how Solid Select and Solid Unlimited differ, and how to choose.
Read the guide →Cloud consulting in short
Cloud consulting is expert advice on which cloud services your business should use, and help putting them in place. Solid Systems’ cloud consultants look at your systems, data and goals, then recommend and implement the right mix of cloud storage, hosting, backup, disaster recovery, cloud VoIP and Microsoft 365, and plan the migration so your teams keep working.
Introduction
Cloud computing as a concept may have been around since the 1990s, but the services themselves have become exceedingly popular with businesses in the past decade. This has seen a rise in not only cloud services, but in cloud consulting solutions as well. It’s easy to understand why, with cloud solutions offering companies benefits in terms of scalability, availability, and security. Plus, with more and more businesses embracing remote working environments, cloud services provide teams around the world with access to the tools and resources that they need.
But with all of the benefits that cloud services offer, it can be difficult for companies to understand which cloud solutions are right for their business. There are such a wide range of services available, each with different functionality and aimed at different industries, that navigating the waters of cloud services can be a difficult process without.
Thankfully, it isn’t a process that businesses have to undertake on their own. Cloud consulting companies and cloud solution consultants work with businesses to help them find and implement the cloud services that will add the most value to their company, and help them achieve their goals.
What Kinds of Companies Can Benefit from Cloud Consulting?
Any business that is thinking of moving their systems, apps or data to the cloud has a lot to gain from working with cloud consulting specialists. An IT and Cloud Consulting company like Solid Systems has vast experience in helping businesses find exactly the right technologies for their unique requirements, and is well-versed in all of the cloud options available.
Not only do they offer cloud technology consulting that can help you choose technologies that will advance your business, but they can aid in the implementation of these technologies as well, helping with cloud migration as well as maintaining your cloud services and training your teams.
What Services Does Solid Systems Offer Cloud Consulting For?
Because Solid Systems offers a wide range of cloud solutions, our IT pros are experienced in offering cloud consulting, guidance and support in the right technologies to implement across a number of areas:
Cloud Storage
Our cloud solution consultants can help you find the perfect cloud storage solution for maintaining your business data in the cloud and helping the right people access the information that they need.
Cloud Hosting
It’s not only data that can be stored in the cloud. Many businesses are moving their infrastructure entirely off-site and taking advantage of the flexibility that cloud hosting offers for their servers and networks. Speak to one of our cloud consulting specialists to find the perfect solution for hosting your apps and infrastructure in the cloud.
Cloud Migration
Moving your infrastructure and data to cloud environments can be a complicated process, but with cloud consulting and the proper planning and implementation, your cloud migration doesn’t need to negatively impact your operations.
Cloud Backup
Whether your data is stored on-premises or in the cloud, you need to ensure that your information is backed up in case of a data breach or disaster. Our cloud consulting experts can help you choose the right cloud backup solution for your business.
Disaster Recovery
Having backups of your data is essential for any business. But working together with a cloud consulting company can see you putting together a Disaster Recovery plan that will ensure you have processes in place for restoring your critical systems. This will see your operations continuing uninterrupted, even when disaster does strike.
Cloud PBX (VoIP)
With the rise in remote working, teams are finding themselves spread across the world, and companies need to ensure that they have phone systems that accommodate making and taking calls from wherever their call centre staff find themselves. Speak to one of our cloud consulting specialists today to find a Cloud PBX solution that will keep your teams and customers connected.
Microsoft 365
The cloud services that Microsoft offers go beyond just Word and Excel. With the right advice and cloud consulting partner, businesses can find more value from their Microsoft solutions and effortlessly embrace remote, hybrid working and cloud environments.
Our team of IT pros are waiting in the wings to help you digitise your operations and see you stepping confidently into the future. Get the Cloud Consulting advice you need today!
Why You Should Choose Solid Systems as Your Cloud Consulting Partner
With over 20 years of experience offering IT and cloud consulting services, Solid Systems has been aiding businesses across South Africa and the world embrace the latest technological advances, including cloud solutions.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, we are well placed to not only offer sound cloud consulting that highlights the advantages that Microsoft’s cloud platforms can offer to businesses, but also to train their teams in the best ways to use the cloud tools already at their fingertips.
Having gone through the migration to both a cloud and a remote working environment ourselves, and having helped companies to not only accept the new normal of ‘work from home’, but to embrace it, we are well-equipped to offer cloud consulting services to your business and advise on the best possible cloud services and platforms that can make a real difference and add real value to your company. Get in touch with us for your cloud computing consulting needs today.
ABOUT SOLID SYSTEMS
With over 20 years of experience, Solid Systems is perfectly placed to help you with keeping your business’ information backed up and secure in the cloud. We’re just a click away, so don’t hesitate to contact us.
Since 2003, we have specialised in delivering leading technology solutions and offering guidance to organisations in South Africa and abroad, in the most human way possible.
We love technology and the exciting ways that it evolves, and are constantly improving the tools that we use. But humans are at the heart of our business. That’s why we value each relationship and prioritise a personal approach, finding solutions that deliver results for your company in the best way possible.
With our highly skilled and passionate professionals behind us, and the latest and most sophisticated tools at their disposal, we ensure that the businesses we work with are constantly evolving, and can step into the future with confidence.
Frequently asked questions
What does a cloud consultant do?
A cloud consultant assesses your current systems, recommends the cloud services that fit your business, and plans and helps carry out the move, including security, costs and training.
Which businesses benefit from cloud consulting?
Any business thinking of moving systems, apps or data to the cloud, especially one without in-house cloud experience. Advice up front avoids paying for services you don’t need.
Do you only advise, or do you also implement?
Both. We recommend the right services, then plan and carry out the cloud migration and support you afterwards.
How do we get started?
Book a free consultation. We start by understanding your business and your current setup, then suggest the next steps.