There are three other types of cloud computing service available other than IaaS which is service-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and serverless.

There are many advantages in considering using or migrating workload into IaaS. For example, users of IaaS can use any kind of operating system or application disregarding the maintenance and operational cost.

IaaS service also provides access to servers throughout the world and a service-level agreement (SLA) regarding the uptime and performance of the service. This allows businesses to eliminate the need to manage and provision their data center manually.

How to Implement IaaS in Business

IaaS represents the general purpose of computing resources, thus it is capable of supporting all use cases of all types. The question of “how to implement IaaS” then becomes insignificant. However, there are 5 ways of implementing IaaS that are commonly used by businesses.

• Lift-and-Shift Migration

Lift-and-Shift Migration is the fastest and least expensive migration business can take when migrating into IaaS service. It allows businesses to scale the size, enhance the performance, and reduce the cost without many works.

• Test and Development

IaaS is also useful a field of test and development. Users can quickly set up and scale environments suitable for the need of the test, thus bringing results faster and better.

• Storage, Backup, and Recovery

In-house IT infrastructure often requires a huge amount of investment and cost to maintain. Employing an IaaS service will help businesses in handling the growing need for space for storage and simplify the process of backup and recovery data.

• Web Apps

IaaS can also be used to support web apps needs, from the networking resources, storage, and the web and application itself. The ease of scaling the IaaS service also means users can simply scale the service according to demand.

• High-Performance Computing

Completing the calculation of complex variables or analyzing large data can also be achieved using IaaS. IaaS flexibility allows focusing computing capability into one single demanding task or workload.

Wowrack’s IaaS Service

Wowrack is a global leader in various IaaS services. Our service include Disaster Recovery, Private & Hybrid Cloud solutions, Colocation, Backup Services, Managed AWS & Azure, SD-WAN services and more.  All of these can optionally be co-managed or fully managed by Wowrack 24/7/365 team of experts.  With a workforce that is 80% engineering, you can rest assured that no matter what challenges you face. Wowrack is by your side to help.

Get in contact today to schedule your no-obligation consultation!

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To begin with, we can agree that “the good, the bad, and the ugly” are growing even faster in this digital era. Specifically, cybersecurity and cyberthreats. For instance, during this pandemic alone, FBI has reported a 300% increase of cybercrimes.

Accordingly, it’s true that cybersecurity tools have been evolving even quicker than we’ve ever witnessed before. However, the rising question is, if such tools are getting more sophisticated, how do cyberattacks keep on rapidly growing in numbers each day?

Sometimes, the problem does not lie within the tools. What most people don’t realize is that it happens due to lack of proper workflows, processes and experienced workers who understand remediation. In other words, it is an operational issue and operational issues require operational solutions.

That’s why you need Security-Operation-Center-as-a-Service.

What is Security Operation Center?

Security Operation Center (SOC) is a unit consisting of cybersecurity specialist and professionals that deal with high-quality IT security operations. On everyday basis, not only SOC monitors and manages all cybersecurity tools, but also responsible in conducting IT security tasks appropriately.

SOC works as the first line defense in an infrastructure to detect and prevent any cyber incident from happening. Besides that, SOC team will analyze, respond, report, and come up with solution on how to prevent or handle cyberattacks.

Why do we need Security Operation Center?

Company with SOC will more likely be able to proactively fight cyberthreats even before the company’s higher-ups know about the issue. For instance, here are several benefits that you can get for having SOC.

Maximum prevention with minimum cost

By continuously monitoring and analyzing the IT-related activities, the SOC team becomes greatly effective in preventing and responding incoming cyberattacks. This way, it will significantly reduce the risk of having financial loss caused by cyberattack with affordable recurring costs. Looking from a financial standpoint, it is more cost-friendly rather than having to invest a huge capital in building your very own team from the scratch.

Improved trust from employee and client

SOC teams offer a real-time and high data protection against any potential cyberattack. Therefore, by having them in your company, it will indubitably increase your company’s credibility to gain trust from your clients, business partners, and employees.

Enhanced Collaboration

SOC team is a group of IT security experts. They will continuously monitor your IT tools and ensure their upmost performance. Especially, during this pandemic, where most of people are working remotely, having a secure IT infrastructure will be an advantage. So, every department in your company will be able to collaborate without having any restless anxiety about any possible cyberattacks.

How Wowrack can help?

Wowrack’s value is to give a maximum support for our clients. Thus, we keep on providing the necessary services for our clients, so they can develop their business without having to worry about their IT needs.

Because of that, we are happy to announce that we will provide more cybersecurity services, including SOC. We are ready at your disposal.

To help us understand your IT needs better, let’s schedule a free consultation with our team, so we can figure out what your actual needs are and how we can help you.

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INFRASTRUCTURE MANGED SERVICES

Services include consulting to develop a system perfect for your unique needs as a business, designing and implementing scalable infrastructure to meet your immediate needs as well as planning for the future. Once your architecture has been approved it will be deployed and have server monitoring and management systems in place.

Proactive monitoring and security by our experienced team will ensure server health and backup integrity whilst persistently staying on top of potential cyber-attacks and network vulnerabilities.

Data security is of great importance to you and the Wowrack team. Services are implemented depending on your needs determined in initial consultation and can include scheduled backups and disaster recovery solutions to keep your business safe.

With many skilful engineers available around the clock to assist with any aspect of your environment your business can be assured of professional attention at all times.

MANAGED SECURITY HOSTING

The primary purpose of security is privacy and business continuity. To secure the physical infrastructure of your business data the facility is SSAE-16 Type II/SOC-1 audited to comply with industry standards. Security measures include but are not limited to access control and video surveillance.

In securing your network from cyber-attacks you are safe with Wowrack’s security team. Offering management of services ranging from up to date DDoS and firewall protection all the way down to monitoring of logs. In this age, there is nothing more important than data privacy and security. This should be taken very seriously and regarded with due diligence.

Another important part of your security should be disaster risk management. If you were to lose data or experience server downtime this could be detrimental to your business and client relations. With this in mind Wowrack keeps your business operational by having backups facilities on standby around the globe where your data can be backed up and instantly deployed should the unlikely scenario arise that the primary servers are down. Ultimately you can be assured that should disaster strike, your data recovery is simple.

EMAIL THREATS

Many threats and system attacks are delivered via email and are only discovered once it is too late. By partnering with a state-of-the-art email security gateway provider, we have made a full suite of email security from spam filters to virus protection are implemented as part of our base services.

DATA ENCRYPTION

With numerous ways to maintain the integrity of your data depending on your business needs custom cost-effective measures can be implemented be it across the board or just specific data sets. Not only can in-transit data be encrypted but also at-rest data meaning physically stored or inactive data.

For the very best in managed hosting solutions for your business get in touch so we can us design your system architecture whilst adhering to any compliance regulations you may require.

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This article is to serve as a basic guide to the benefits of cloud server hosting. Traditional servers have always run a higher risk of data loss and DDOS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) from hackers and malicious software due to the fact that data is stored in one place. They are also subject to other undesirable problems that could have an adverse effect on your business including unscheduled server downtime slow performance due to high traffic and the dreaded data loss. Nobody should have to lose data these days.

Cloud servers are made up of multiple servers allowing for safer data storage and better performance. Businesses can be confident in knowing that their data is secure by being stored and backed up over multiple datacenters. These datacenters mitigate your chances of downtime and data loss.

PERFECT FUTURE

In 2019 the hybrid cloud market accounted for around $200 Billion and has no intention of regressing. The concept of locally stored data is obsolete and so are the risks involved with it. No business should have to worry about losing data or not having access to it on demand from any device anywhere in the world. Also managing all the public hosting options on offer can become cumbersome and counterproductive. Some of the key benefits of cloud computing include:

· Accessibility

· Speed

· Savings on hardware

· Data Security

· Flexibility

· Efficiency

· Scalability

CLOUD UNIFICATION

Wowrack’s world-class hybrid cloud solutions promote a more streamlined digital work space saving you time and money. Gone are the days of having your data, services and applications spread over numerous cloud servers supplied by different companies. By incorporating your services from public clouds into the private cloud you can have complete control over multiple services from one convenient place. This means that you will not have to leave behind the services you are familiar with.

PIECE OF MIND

These hybrid cloud systems are run in state-of-the-art colocation data centers allowing you the flexibility to add your own dedicated hardware into our existing infrastructure. With this in place you can be assured that your data and IT management is in safe hands. You will be prepared for any potential disasters that may come your way.

SECURE REMOTE ACCESS

Implement cloud server hosting into your business today and reap the benefits of high performance remote access to your data and software from any device anywhere on the globe making collaboration simple. The modern business in this technological age needs the confidence that their systems are secure and data is safe. Wowrack is also HIPAA compliant which ensures data privacy especially required within the healthcare sector.

Save money, streamline and protect your business with tailor made cloud computing solutions now and get the competitive edge over your competition. Cloud server hosting is a way to help your business thrive in this digital era

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Myth #1: The Cloud is Not Secure

This is one of the most propagated myths regarding cloud hosting, especially when it comes to a businesses’ private cloud. Data breaches should always be a concern that you put measures in place to avoid, but in terms of security of the cloud vs private hosting, the true details lie in how its protected, not the platform itself.

A way around this is utilizing managed security hosting, a watchdog tactic that allows for continuous monitoring of your network/infrastructure. Unfortunately, many companies do not have the budget to accommodate a 24/7/365 team to ensure constant surveillance of their systems, and when a security issue does crop up, the cloud platform is often incorrectly blamed. Many companies like Wowrack offer more cost-efficient solutions for security monitoring and remediation and can include comprehensive coverage of general infrastructure access controls, network security, disaster recovery, email, data encryption, compliance, and more.

Myth #2: One-Cloud-Fits-All

To the uninitiated, it might seem like the flexible nature of cloud computing can accommodate any size of business – and while this is correct in a way, a public cloud might not be the correct implementation for all, especially for very large environments where at this point, the costs are usually much higher than just having a purpose built private cloud.

Luckily, there are more options to choose from when selecting a hosting environment:

• Private cloud hosting (a single-tenant environment) can be custom-tailored to your company’s specific needs, even allowing for maintaining QoS infrastructure standards, using hardware vendors that you already trust –  which is not possible to do in a public cloud environment and more!
• Hybrid cloud hosting is the perfect choice for businesses who may find benefits in utilizing both public and private cloud, and want to segment their infrastructure between the two. Some companies like Wowrack even allow companies to bring in their own equipment to connect to their public/private cloud via colocation.  Wowrack also offers Direct Connect to connect what you have with us (colocation or other cloud solutions) to what you have with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Azure and hundreds of more providers.
• Enterprise dedicated hosting is a great solution for businesses who require a robust dedicated infrastructure that is completely customized to their needs. You should always look for a service that comes with disaster planning, HIPAA/PCI compliance, hyper-convergence and high availability to get your full money’s worth.

Myth #3: Cloud Migration is a Difficult, Frustrating Process

Implementing large changes or new protocols within a business is always a touchy subject, as it is usually associated with disruptions, errors, and difficulty assimilating to the new methods. However, it doesn’t always have to be this way. Utilizing an experienced hosting provider is a much safer way to migrate to the cloud, and will be worth the investment to avoid costly mistakes and complete with minimum downtime. When choosing a company to perform the migration, it’s important that they fully understand your needs so they can build a customized solution and implement it without issues.

Cloud Management – Is it Right for You?

Cloud management is a progressive and safe solution for many businesses, but it is important that you can differentiate the facts from the myths to make the most educated decision possible. Furthermore, your choice of a company to migrate and/or manage your cloud is equally important, as they should perform at the highest level for you to ensure seamless migration and subsequent management for your businesses’ cloud. Schedule a free consultation with Wowrack today to discuss how we can help improve your company through cloud hosting.

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Lower Your IT Expenses

The most important benefit of a managed services model is its ability to lower your business’ IT expenses. Infrastructure managed services offer the highest quality solutions without you having to spend a lot on buying expensive hardware. You don’t need to purchase or manage any equipment. You pay a fixed monthly amount and are guaranteed a secured and available service.

Reduce Risk

Typically, service providers have well designed networks and data centers that will provide improved business continuity. In the event of a digital or natural disaster, your data will remain intact, and your important business can continue with minimal negative impact. Therefore, you utilize the expertise of the provider for better availability and minimize your risks.

Proactive Solutions

Service providers have access to the latest technology and experience with finding the best IT solutions. This saves your time and money. When you choose to outsource your IT network, you receive better performance and improved security. Additionally, service providers can use their advanced systems to monitor your network to prevent against problems and find areas for improvement.

Improved Security

When you outsource your IT network to an infrastructure managed services provider, you also benefit from their secured networks. These secured networks minimize your risk of data loss and protect your sensitive information. A service provider’s data centers are much more robust than a standard IT network. These providers guarantee round the clock availability and improved security for your benefit. You can rest assured that your company’s data is safe in the hands of experts who have experience with all types of security challenges and threats.

Infrastructure managed services provide many benefits to your company including lower IT expenses and improved security. At Wowrack, we fully manage or co-manage your infrastructure so that you can focus on your core business. We strive for ultimate customer satisfaction and aim to save you both time and money. Our infrastructure managed services solutions include monitoring, reporting, and protecting your data from all disasters.

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Flexibility

How far do you want your managed services to go? Do you want fully managed solutions? Or would you prefer a team that stays back until you need it for disaster recovery purposes? There is no right or wrong answer. In fact, you don’t even need to choose between one of those two extremes. When you use managed services, you still have full control over your hosting and data storage options. No matter how much or how little management you prefer, you get to make the choice that makes you the most comfortable.

Convenience and Support

If you’ve chosen the right company for your managed services, they’ll provide you with a sense of ease and convenience. They’ll meet your needs so that you won’t have to spend too much time coming up with solutions to your pain-points. Managed services can fit beautifully into your company’s way of life so that you don’t have to deal with the day-to-day management, reporting, and audits related to your server infrastructure. Furthermore, you’ll have IT support whenever you need it – 24/7/365. If you ever have any questions, your service team is on your side.

Security

Perhaps the best reason for considering managed services is the security that these options can bring to your company. How often do you perform security updates? Managed services handle your OS and software updates as well as keeping your environment’s security protocols updated, staying one step ahead of malware and hackers. With managed services, your data will also stay safe from physical dangers like floods and fires. You can outsource your server space to a company that protects its spaces from natural disasters. If you need added security for HIPAA or other compliance laws, you have those options too. Choose a company that has experience working with the healthcare industry, and you can trust that your patients’ information will stay safe.

Managed Services

At Wowrack, our clients are the central focus. We’re here to provide whatever you need. No matter how far you’d like your managed services to go, we’re available and ready with support and security. If you’re ready to get started with your managed services, visit our homepage today to schedule a consultation.

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Proactive Protection

How many times do you think “I’ll get to it later” throughout the week? Chances are good that when you use that phrase, you’re referring to some kind of maintenance item that is seen as a low priority. You know that you should stay on top of your updates, but you have so many other things to do. A managed security service (MSS) provides automatic updates to your security system so that you don’t have to think about it. Furthermore, your MSS will constantly monitor your company’s infrastructure security. When potential new threats emerge, your MSS will double down on security and employ strategies to keep your data safe. And they won’t “get to it later.” They’ll start right now.

Convenience

While your MSS takes care of your security, you get to focus on all the other business aspects that need your attention. Furthermore, you can give those aspects your full attention. You won’t have worries about data security taking up space in the back of your mind. Instead of hiring a full team of security experts, you can use managed security as a one-stop-shop for all of your protection needs. While you’re saving time on managing a security force, you’ll also save time on everything else that comes with managing security. You won’t have to deploy, scale, or monitor your data security. Your MSS team will take care of everything for you.

Long-Term Cost Reduction

Managed security is an upfront investment that leads to long-term financial benefits. Overall, you can reduce security costs by using MSS instead of in-house security measures. With MSS, everything from deployment to regular updates, proactive monitoring and more is included.   Furthermore not all companies can afford to have a 24/7/365 in-house team specifically monitoring and protecting your network.  A managed security service is an excellent option not only for cost, but also for its efficiencies. Plus you have the comfort of knowing that your provider does this day-in and day-out and keeps its employees trained on emerging threats.

Your Managed Security

At Wowrack, we focus on providing solutions to help our clients with their hosting needs. We always put our clients first, which is why we want to provide the best in managed security. If you’re looking for a managed security team that will put you first, schedule a consultation with Wowrack today. Let us get to work on your security plan.

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Managed Hosting Overview

Managed hosting helps business get back to business – that is, focusing on their core business while leaving the day-to-day management of your server infrastructure to the experts.

The level of managed hosting that you can obtain is quite vast.  Some companies only need assistance with managing the system health, OS, backups etc. of a single server, while others need their entire server farm and VM’s managed with disaster recovery built in, enabling a highly available environment.

It’s ideal for those who need their infrastructure to support a lot of traffic or otherwise handle a heavy workload. That’s why tech-reliant industries such as the medical field and the financial sector often benefit from managed hosting. Because Wowrack is both a Microsoft Gold Level Partner and an Open Source supported community, we can offer you flexibility and a wide range of solutions.

Unmanaged

The most basic level of management is no management at all.  Most likely you’re managing your infrastructure yourself and hopefully have a team of 24/7/365, monitoring, mitigating and being proactive with any issues that may be going on.  At Wowrack, we are staffed 24/7/365 with network engineers, system admins (tier’s 1-3), virtualization experts and more.

Co-Managed

A co-managed environment usually involves helps from both the client and the service provider.  Perhaps the client has a very sensitive application which only they can administer, but for everything else – they want nothing to do with and prefer to have a third party manage it.  Wowrack gives our customers the flexibility they require to make the best use of their own internal resources, so they can focus on what matters most to them while Wowrack focuses on the dirty work.

Enterprise Hosting

Enterprise hosting is the perfect option if you need someone to fully manage your infrastructure from start to finish. For enterprise hosting, our team works around the clock to manage and update your service so that you never have to worry about it yourself. We provide design and architecture guidance plus constant monitoring so that you can be sure about your system’s security. We also run regular tests to keep everything running exactly as it should.

Want to Learn More?

If you’re still deciding whether or not managed hosting is right for you, our team at Wowrack would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Visit our homepage to start chatting with an expert. Or if you’re ready to get started, schedule your free consultation today.

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1) “Am I giving IT too many responsibilities?”

Regardless of whether or not you outsource your IT, your in-house team has a lot on their plate no matter what. Because of this, companies generally choose to have an in-house IT team working alongside managed services to make sure their network is constantly at the top of its game. If you are giving IT too many jobs to do, then they are going to have a hard time making sure all the roles are being met. So, if your IT person or team has already expressed this to you, then it’s time to hand over some of those responsibilities to a managed cloud hosting provider.

2) “What happens if there is a data breach?”

If a data breach is one of your biggest concerns right now (and, it should be), then that’s a good enough reason as any to begin outsourcing your IT. There’s no sense in taking any risk at all with how far your company has come. Why take any chances? A managed hosting provider can take this worry off your hands. In addition, they can come up with a disaster recovery solution just for your company, while also helping you pass compliance standards if you’re dealing with sensitive information from your customers.

3) “Is my business expanding at a rapid rate, but support isn’t measuring up?”

Perhaps when you first started, you just had a website, hosted by one of those generic providers. But, now, things have changed (for the better). Now, your website has consistent traffic 24/7 a day, and you cannot risk a potential traffic jam slowing down your business. If you require a network that can support what you’re dealing with, then don’t stress. Just hand it over to a managed hosting provider and let them deal with the rest.

Wowrack can help you answer all your questions about hiring a managed cloud hosting provider. Contact us today to learn more.

4) “Does my network require a specific infrastructure?”

Speaking of expanding your business, are you even set-up to do something like that in the first place? This has probably got you thinking. If you’re not sure how all the stuff works behind the scenes — a cloud architecture, different types of products, etc. — then don’t sit around trying to do it by yourself. It’s time to talk to a professional about the best options available.

5) “Am I too busy to worry about any of this?”

If any of the previous questions have come up at all, then you’ve probably dismissed them with a, “Wow, I’m too busy to even be concerned with this right now.” We get you. You shouldn’t have to be concerned with managing your your network on this scale. While that doesn’t mean you’re excused from all responsibilities, you have other things you need to take care of in the office. Let someone else do the worrying.

It’s hard to know when is the right time to finally move your network over to a managed service provider. If you’ve been asking yourself any of these questions, then you know what it is you need to do!

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