One of the most common challenges for growing businesses is ensuring their IT infrastructure and connectivity meet the needs for synchronization between data exchange and various systems, such as accounting software, ERP, CRM, and more.
Organizations that do not plan to scale their IT resources alongside business growth may significantly harm their operations, reputation, and results.
Nevertheless, this task often seems expensive, complex, and overwhelming for businesses. In this article, we share why and how to address potential problems when your business operates in multiple locations but relies on a centralized server solution.
Office Server as the Traditional Easy Solution
Until recently, many organizations relied on their own server solutions to ensure connectivity between different business locations—office branches, production facilities, warehouses, etc. This option has its advantages, but also significant drawbacks that could hinder a company's competitiveness:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Local Servers
Some common advantages of hosting servers on your own location are becoming less relevant, yet some businesses still believe that local servers guarantee:
- security and protection against external threats and cyberattacks
- direct business control over infrastructure and the ability for prompt intervention when necessary
At the same time, local servers have always had their drawbacks or limitations, especially for businesses with multiple locations:
- high initial investment in equipment, software, and specialists to plan IT resources
- ongoing maintenance, which again requires technical resources, time, and sometimes unexpected costs to resolve critical problems
- limited flexibility and connectivity between different business systems, as well as dependence on the physical location of the equipment
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VPS as the Modern Solution for Optimal Connectivity and Uptime
Businesses operating from different locations are among those who benefit the most from using VPS solutions. They combine the benefits of having your own physical server with all the advantages of more flexible IT infrastructure services:
Scalability
VPS services allow you to easily and quickly scale the resources you use according to your business needs. This makes them extremely suitable for any type of business that is expanding, opening new locations, or experiencing irregular demand on their online platforms due to seasonality, campaigns, etc.
Reliability and Uptime
With a VPS solution, your business can rely on service reliability and over 99.9% guaranteed uptime, even in extraordinary circumstances or issues affecting server equipment and systems. This advantage is crucial for organizations for which uninterrupted services and processes are of critical importance.
Optimized Expenses
Using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) significantly reduces organizations' investment in equipment and maintenance. In practice, you only pay for the server resources you use, and the VPS service provider takes care of everything else.
Higher Security
Contrary to the expectations of many businesses, organizational files and data can be fully protected even in a cloud environment. Make sure your VPS solution is secured with all modern protection tools—firewall, DDoS protection, data encryption, as well as the option for backup copies of your information.
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VPS from ABSCloud for Businesses with Multiple Locations
It’s time to explain why ABSCloud is the right solution for companies with several stores, offices, and points of presence. For more than 20 years, we have specialized in IT infrastructure services tailored individually for different categories of businesses. We understand the concerns and challenges of all of them, which is why we supplement the standard benefits of VPS solutions with a guarantee for:
- Over 99.9% uninterrupted operation
We guarantee uninterrupted operation and security of our server systems, which means over 99.9% uptime for our clients’ online businesses.
- Proactive server monitoring
In other words, our team proactively monitors the work of all servers and systems and addresses potential problems before they affect our services.
- Personal system administrator
We understand that when you entrust your online business to ABSCloud, you will always want to rely on direct contact with a technical expert to address any questions or issues.
- Premium server equipment
We invest in next-generation server equipment, as well as its maintenance and renewal.
If your business still operates from multiple locations but relies on centralized IT infrastructure and server equipment, you have probably already realized the disadvantages and potential threats to your operations.
Contact the ABSCloud team for a free consultation to find out how you too can increase your productivity and significantly reduce costs by migrating to a specialized VPS solution. We also give you the opportunity to test our servers risk-free for your business and your finances today.