Many small to medium businesses (SMB) lack the ability or desire to handle their own IT needs. Many outsource to network integrators and rely on them to deliver the technology they need. Inevitably, the costs associated with installing and maintaining that technology add up to more than companies expect. These unscheduled expenses create stress within the company; and many times, such companies cannot afford either the downtime, the high costs, or the un-predictability associated with keeping their networks up and running. Application Hosting solves these problems for the SMB.

Predictable Expenses

The basic tenant of the ASP is "pay as you go". No longer do companies need to make a large up front investment in infrastructure and installation services and then deal with the inconsistent expenses of maintaining the network. CONNECTAPPS.net hosting services deliver the needed applications for one predictable, monthly fee.

Using what you have

Because all processing work is done in the data center, thin client computing allows the ASP to extend the useful life of pre-existing older equipment. With ICA and RDP protocols, one can literally run all Windows applications on any PC made in the last several years. An ASP can deliver the same applications to almost any desktop operating system or a thin client terminal.

Any Application, Anytime, Anywhere

The ASP extends the use of applications geographically. If an end user can access the internet, they can access the same applications that are available in their office. This gives the SMB tools they could never afford on their own like the ability to telecommute and have remote sales people communicate seamlessly and enter orders from their client's offices.

Flexibility

ASPs allow the SMB to customize the applications they want around their needs. As your business needs change, so can your applications. Adding an application to your business is as simple as adding premium channels to your cable TV. Your monthly bill increases accordingly. In addition, when new software technology becomes available it can be implemented very quickly to everyone at the same time without the end user having to do anything within his or her own building.

Increased Performance/Reliability

Because ASP hosting aggregates many users into the data center, the ASP can afford to implement much higher levels of fault tolerance. Enterprise storage, redundant data systems, load balanced application servers and infrastructure, increase performance to insure both reliability and performance.

Guaranteed System Availability

With an ASP hosting your applications, it is their responsibility to make sure that the applications are always available. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) contractually bind the ASP to deliver application uptime.

Experience

CONNECT is not a new player in IT. We have been providing IT solutions since 1985. We are leveraging our already established relationships with companies like Citrix, Microsoft, HP, IBM, EMC, Cisco, NeverFail, SonicWALL, FatPipe and many others to bring you the highest quality solutions. Our certified staff has the experience in each of these products to ensure the best performance.