Cloud services

We help businesses use the cloud safely, whether that means Microsoft 365, a secure desktop in the cloud, hosting for a website or application, or a safe place to keep company files. Everything we set up is designed, secured and looked after by us, so you get the benefits without taking on the technical work.

Microsoft 365 (Office 365)

Microsoft 365 is the current name for Office 365: email, Word, Excel, Teams and OneDrive, with your files available on any device. We set it up, move you over from older email or Office systems, secure the accounts and support you afterwards. If you only need business email, see Email and Office.

Secure desktops in the cloud

A full Windows desktop hosted by Microsoft, Amazon or Oracle, reached securely from any device, anywhere. Your applications and data stay in the cloud rather than on the laptop, which suits subcontracted staff, home working and times when your headcount changes without warning. Capacity can be increased or reduced as you need it.

Secure hosting

We host websites, web services and bespoke business applications on servers we build and manage, with backups, monitoring and security updates included. We also look after the settings behind your domain name (its DNS), so your website, email and hosted services point to the right place and their security certificates renew on time, without you needing to deal with the technical detail.

Secure file servers

A private file server in the cloud, reachable from the office or anywhere else, so staff and subcontractors can share files securely without emailing them around. Access is controlled per user and the data is backed up.

Cloud platforms built for you

If an off-the-shelf service does not fit, we design and build one. We work across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Oracle Cloud, and build everything from a single hosting server to a multi-cloud deployment spanning several countries. For some clients we build and manage hosting for up to 3,000 servers with budgets of several million pounds a year; a small business gets the same secure design at a scale and cost that fits. During the COVID-19 pandemic we built and supported the analytics platform whose reports informed contact tracing for NHS Test and Trace. See Cloud and infrastructure security for how we approach the design, and server and application migration for how we move existing services across.

Based in Chorley, we design and manage cloud services for businesses across Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Contact us to talk about what you need.