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2. First - What is the Cloud ? * Any number of blogs / articles and definitions * Accessing information services and software over the internet as opposed to the same installed on servers based at your own site. You pay to use ‘on demand’ * Cloud offers cost / distribution savings. * Speed of deployment * There are generally currently 3 types of Cloud * Public, Private and Hybrid * Software-as-a-Service (SaaS); IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) * Public – email, office 365 etc., photo storage (Amazon). Generic software available to everyone. * Private – specific, business centric applications, combining IaaS and SaaS

5. What advantages does Cloud Offer? * No software to distribute and support * No IT overhead for Clients; saves hardware and support costs * URL; log in securely from anywhere you have Internet access * Don’t have to worry about purchasing software upgrades * Private Cloud Systems are fully secure * Password access, and SSL, an encrypted communication channel that renders all transactions between your browser and servers impenetrable

6. Documents Online is a Private Cloud range of subscription solutions * Provides advanced security and fault tolerance * Combined IaaS and SaaS * Each client has it’s own data base instance * AES128 encryption of data is available * Documents Online is fully HTML5 so can be used on mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones * With DOL you get a generous monthly storage to start * Upgrade space requirements easily * Secure access, in a UK data centre (Maidenhead) Take the tour at http://www.rapidswitch.com/dctour.aspx http://www.rapidswitch.com/dctour.aspx