Almost every day we're bombarded with talk, text and data about the Cloud - what it is and what it can do? But one question that every business should be asking before they include it in their organisation's future strategy is: how can Cloud benefit my business?

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At IFB, our definition of Cloud is the use of a combination of key services: connectivity, hosting, hardware, software, security, backup, recovery and expertise. Cloud enables and protects your data, offering flexible access to your systems and the ability to operate your business from almost any location across the globe.

The services used for Cloud are owned and managed by IFB and are delivered across our UK networks and from our Scottish Data Centres. These state of the art centres are located and designed to take maximum advantage of the Naturally Cool environment in Scotland providing significant cost savings and efficiency for your business.

Our IFB data centres are close to an abundance of renewable energy sources and ideally located to maximise future renewable power sources such as wave, wind and tidal power.

IFB will take responsibility for the availability and maintenance of your equipment, so you can be freed from the recurring cycle of replacing and upgrading, patching and licensing.

IFB can offer the following three Cloud-based packages:

Dedicated Virtual Hosting
Designed for high demand clients this package includes the provision and management of dedicated services, including connectivity, security, virtualised servers operating systems and storage through to backup and recovery.

Shared Virtual Hosting
As part of this service IFB provides the above range of services securely from our highly resilient and secure multi-tenancy platforms.

Dedicated Physical Hosting
With this package, IFB provide dedicated non virtualised servers and infrastructure for your business needs, systems or applications.

Some of our customers, particularly those at the early stages of moving to the Cloud, have services located within their own business locations or delivered and maintained by a dedicated provider. This hybrid model can be accommodated through a mixture of IFB's infrastructure and services, your own infrastructure and services and those of your other systems providers.

We look forward to talking to you about what benefits Cloud will bring to your business. Contact us on 0845 270 2101