The Benefits of Hosted Desktops

Hosted desktops are growing in popularity within workplaces due to the benefits the service offers. Below are a few examples on how they can benefit you and your business:

1. Flexibility to work remotely

Hosted Desktops are extremely accessible due to the ability to log onto your desktop from anywhere on any device including, desktop, laptop, mobile phone and tablets, as long as it has an internet connection. Due to this, it works very well in allowing you to work remotely with confidence, just as if you were in the office.

Given the times we are going through, working from home has been the norm for most employees or employers. But if you are looking to grow your business globally, you need to give your team the ability to acess work related data, no matter where they are.

Using this remote working tool and other cloud services will mean you and your employees will be able to access your data 24/7.

2. High level data security

Business related data that is saved on a traditional desktop computer in your office may get lost in several ways. Either someone can steal the data, or the system may crash unexpectedly. In any way, your business can get affected drasticall by the data loss and could even end up costing you thousands. This is one of the biggest reasons why businesses are switching to Hosted Desktops

The data and applications which are stored on a hosted desktop get saved on the cloud. Staying safe and secure in case of unexpected events at the local premises. Even if the physical device which you access the hosted desktops from gets lost or stolen, the data is still safe as the data is on the cloud, not the local computer. This also complies with The Data Protection Act 2018.

What makes our Hosted Desktops even more secure is how they are configured. All of our desktops are stored on Samsung SSD servers based in the UK in highly secure data centres. This means you can live with peace of mind without the worry of losing your data at any one time.

3. Reduction in IT costs

Buying desktops computers or laptops are not a once time investment. With a typical lifespan of 5 years and the recurring costs of maintaining the devices, things quickly add up. Technology changes with time and if your devices don’t keep up they will quickly become redundant

This is where Hosted Desktops come to the rescue. Most, if not all, computing tasks are taking place on the cloud server where the desktop is being hosted. This means you do not need to keep reinvesting in hi-tech computers for you and your employees. You can even take obsolete computers and still access the hosted desktop.

On top of this, you also get a simple montly fee for the hosted desktops you take out, allowing you to budget the exact cost in for your IT.

4. Seamless experiance

An important factor in the workplace is familiarity and with a Hosted Desktop you get just that. Whether you log into the desktop from your office computer and log back into it at home on your laptop, the desktop will stay exactly how you left it.

Not everyone is computer literate and keeping things as simple as possible can have a great improvement on work productivity.

5. Scalability 

Cloud computing, including Hosted Deskptops allow for a greater scalibilty. Allowing businesses more scope to grow in a way which wont effect their IT infrastructure due to the flexibility in adjusting the server to allow for more storage, new users and much more. Things change in business all the time, so making sure a core componant of that can change at the same rate as you makes life that bit easier.

To find out more on Hosted Desktops then drop us a call and talk to one of our team.