Cloud Hosting
TMS Contract Costing Hosting is available either on-premise or as a hosted solution. On-premise systems have traditionally been viewed as the safest option, as it means you are in full control of your hardware and software. However, this is no longer the case. The advent of cloud computing has removed the need for significant capital expenditure on hardware, software licences and infrastructure, all of which continually needed to be upgraded or replaced every 3-5 years and need an in-house IT support team to manage.
Opting for cloud hosing allows you to get up and running quickly with no up-front costs and on an easy to budget pricing structure. Cloud hosting also provides many other benefits over traditional on-premise systems, like: flexibility, scalability, physical security, redundant power and high availability to name a few.
Microsoft Azure
We use Microsoft Azure as our hosting platform, providing a secure, reliable, and scalable environment for our applications, systems, and associated services. Azure’s enterprise-grade infrastructure allows us to deploy and manage our services efficiently while supporting high levels of availability and performance.
We benefit from Azure’s built-in security features, monitoring capabilities, access controls, backup options, and resilience measures, which help us protect our systems and data and maintain continuity of service. The platform also enables us to scale resources in line with demand, allowing our hosting environment to adapt as our business and technical requirements evolve. By using Microsoft Azure, we are able to take advantage of a mature cloud infrastructure while maintaining appropriate controls over the security, availability, and management of our hosted services.
Managed Hosting
However, this is only part of the story. Once you have your servers hosted in the cloud you still need to manage and support them, protect them, and make sure they are backed up – this is where TMS Contract Costing hosting comes in.
All our hosted servers are fully managed and monitored by TMS’s team of highly trained experts.
In addition to being fully backed up using industry leading tools, all backups are automatically transferred to a secure off-site location for further redundancy. In the event of a disaster this allows us to get you back up and running on alternate hardware with a minimum of downtime.
Virtual Server Setup
Every customer gets a minimum of 2 dedicated virtual servers (a Domain Controller and a Remote Desktop Server) and this is easily scalable as a customer grows.
Customers with more intense application processing requirements can opt to go with our 3-server configuration: A Domain Controller, a Remote Desktop Server and a dedicated Application Server.
All our servers can be upgraded to the customers’ requirements, whether that is disk space, RAM or even additional virtual servers.
Customers can treat the server as their own, so that if they have any other software that is required by their business, this can also be installed in the hosted environment.
Peace of Mind
In today’s ever-changing climate, where remote, flexible working is increasingly more important, this gives hosted customers peace of mind and allows them to concentrate on running their business, 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the world, whilst TMS take care of everything else.
Contact us to see how affordable it is to change your on-premise system to a fully managed, hosted solution.
