Cloud Computing choices for small business

Cloud Computing Choices For Small Business (1 to 20+ users)*

Cloud Computing Options For Small Business

Basic Needs For Your Business

iStock_000007242754XXXSmall Ideal for startups, consultants and small businesses from 1 person to 20+ people, this package of services provides great online applications with migration, training and support services to ensure a smooth transition for your business.

Domain name, Email, calendar and online office apps with migration, training & support	Setup Cost First Year	Annual Renewal Cost
First user	$570	$100
Additional users	$240	$100

This package incorporates all the basic needs for a small business including setting up your own domain name, email, calendar and online office applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and web sites. You can also use your existing office applications including MS Office and Open Office with the online applications.

Your domain is setup for your email, calendar and web sites making it easy to access them and giving your business a clear online identity. You can also use your existing domain name if required.

All the applications are guaranteed to be available 99.9% of the time by the service provider and may be accessed securely from your desktop, laptop, mobile phone or other mobile device. All you need is a browser!

If you have multiple domains and/or multiple email addresses we can help you set these up or consolidate them, which ever you choose (for a small additional fee).

This package includes migration of your existing email either from an existing server (so long as it supports the MAPI protocol) or from your existing PC; training on the use of the new applications and support. Migration, training and support require access to the individual users PC and may be provided remotely using our support services application (another great cloud based service). Setup of domains and the online services is all done remotely and does not impact your existing PC's.

Note: These services utilise your Internet connection (Cable, 3G or ADSL amongst others) and it is important to have a good connection and possibly a backup mechanism in case your main connection fails. DCB.NET.AU are not responsible for your connection to the Internet.

Secure Online Document Storage For Your Business

iStock_000007029848XXXSmall If you use MS Office, OpenOffice or other applications and have many files on your PC(s) or laptop(s) you will need document storage. This service will provide secure, remote access to all your documents and files. The service also provides shared synchronised folders on your local PC(s) or laptop(s) giving your staff access to shared documents.

Ideal for startups, consultants and small businesses from 1 person to 20+ people, this package of services provides 10Gb of storage per user with migration, training and support services to ensure a smooth transition for your business. For additional, locally based, backup and folder sharing for your business see our backup service below.

Secure online document storage 10Gb per user with migration, training & support	Setup Cost First Year	Annual Renewal Cost
First user with 10Gb	$370	$90
Additional users with 10Gb	$240	$90
Additional storage 50Gb		$110

This package incorporates all the basic online storage needs for a small business including 10Gb of storage per user, shared synchronised folders and a simple backup mechanism with version control of your important documents.

Your business is given a shared drive secured with your own 256 bit encryption key. Only people who have the key and a login account to the service with a separate password will be able to access your data.

Shared synchronised folders allows you to share a local folder on your PC or laptop with others in your company or with other PC's you may own via the online service. As you make changes to a document and save a new version in the synchronised folder this is copied to the online document storage and then copied to all PC's that are synchronising the same folder. It works a treat and you hardly know that you are using an online service.

The online storage drive appears in file explorer just as any other network drive with a drive letter. You can access documents in the online storage service just as you would access documents on your local PC.

This package includes migration of your existing documents and folders (using your own Internet connection); training on the use of the new applications and support. Migration, training and support require access to the individuals PC and may be provided remotely using our support services application.

Important Web Applications For Your Business

Once you have your domain name and basic needs (see our basic service above) then its time to give your business the presence on the Internet that it deserves. This may include any or all of the following:

WWW - a web site may be a marketing brochure with details of your businesses services and products and how to contact you to sites that are a part of the business. These sites may allow customers to order or purchase online and can improve your customers experience. Other websites such as a Blog or photo gallery may be integrated into your main website.
Intranet - an internal (not public) website that may be used for standards, procedures or generally sharing important and secure internal information with your staff. At DCB we have used a Wiki quite successfully for this purpose but there are other choices depending on your business needs.
Blog - these are mini websites that are really useful for publishing dynamic information such as trip reports from a whale watching cruise.
Wiki - again these are mini websites with a multitude of uses but well understood usage where you can publish free format information for your business and encourage your customers to add their own information or comments.
CRM - customer relationship management. We prefer to think in terms of customer and project tracking. Keeping track of your discussions and interactions with your customers and of internal projects (also known as cases or jobs in some industries). Some industries have standard applications such as Olic and Xplan from IRESS in the financial services industries. Most small businesses, however, are happy with a single page per customer that lists activity, contacts, projects and documents; and for projects that list activity, contacts & documents. Most "CRM" systems are too complex and have way more features than needed in this regard. Manymoon and Solve360 from Norada are great online systems, with good support that stick to just the basics and do them very well.
Photo gallery - and videos. Many businesses utilise photos and videos in their day to day activities.

DCB.NET.AU Web application services can help your business migrate to great online services that build on your basic needs and online document storage. Check out Ric Mcconaghy or Merimbula Marina for more details on how we can integrate online services to provide a seamless web experience for your customers and staff.

Call DCB.NET.AU today to obtain a free quotation based on your businesses needs for these services.

	Important Web applications for your business	Setup Cost
	WWW - website	$POA
	Blog - website	$POA
	Wiki - website	$POA
	CRM - applications	$POA
	Photo gallery - professional service	$POA

Document Archiving & Backup For Your Business

For any sized business it's important to keep your documents and other files safe. Using online services are a great way to store your documents safely away from your premises.

Our document archiving and backup service takes safety to the next level by additionally providing your business with a local archive of your online documents and files. We use network based storage called NAS (Network Attached Storage) and integrate this with our secure online document storage above where necessary.

This service gives you the best of both worlds local high speed access to your shared documents and files and online anywhere, anytime access with a high availability and it's own backup mechanism.

Call DCB.NET.AU today to obtain a free quotation based on your businesses needs for this service.

	Document archiving and backup for your business	Setup Cost
	Network attached storage (NAS) for local archiving, backup & folder sharing	$POA

*These cloud computing choices are suitable for small businesses even if you have a server infrastructure or need one for particular client / server applications (eg Sage handi-soft). There is no practical limit on the number of users or on the amount of storage space for documents, however over 10-20 users is a good idea to look at your IT options in more detail. DCB.NET.AU can provide an IT audit report that will help you in making these important IT decisions.