Friday, December 4th, 2009

Over the past 3 months DPS have signed contracts for four further hosting clients. Birds Solicitors, Meldrums, Gordon Young and R J Osbourne add to DPS’s hosting base and increase the number of clients that use their software and systems remotely.So what is hosting and how does it work? Hosting is the process by which software that is traditionally run from a desktop PC is run over the internet in virtually the same fashion. All that is required is broadband internet access to the DPS data centre - other than that, users go about their work in exactly the same way. This allows firms to capitalise on not only a wider variety of software, but also more advanced versions of hardware. Hosting ensures that software is kept up to date while the host carries the burden of keeping hardware performance checked and maintained. In addition, the need for IT staff and expertise is removed to the hosting provider. This is beneficial for firms as they can use the same software as much larger competitors offering high levels of client service without the major upfront costs.Disaster recovery is becoming a bigger issue for every firm and the DPS hosting service offers this as a by-product. When disaster recovery plans are put in place ...
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