Directrix Computer Solutions

What does “High Accessibility” mean for you? It means that you can now access your computer, applications and documents anywhere you have an internet connection with virtually any device that can access the internet. (Click here for a list of devices.) High Accessibility also means that you are no longer tied down to a specific hardware manufacturer. Whether your a Mac or a PC, wether your local machine is fast or slow, you will be able to access your Virtual Machine just as easily as you access the internet. This also means that your Mac employees can easily integrate and work with your PC employees. And this means that telecommuting just got 100x faster, easier and more secure.

High Accessibility also means lower downtime. Low downtime due to computer crashes, loss or theft of your machine, fire, water damage, corrupt hard drives, viruses, malware, power surges, hackers and any other computer bug… all a thing of the past. A virtual machine is never affected from the first five of those and is recoverable within minutes from the last five. And at all times your programs, documents, emails and financial data are safe and secure on a redundant system with daily backups, both locally and offsite.

All of this means higher profitability. The less amount of time your office is down due to IT related problems, the more profitable you can become.

What does high security mean to you? It means that all of your programs, documents, emails, customer data and financial data are safer on a Virtual Machine than on your office computers. Higher security means that there is built in protection from viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, hackers and data theft. All of these are a thing of the past. With a built in router firewall and protection system, you are protected from all of these computer attacks without bogging down your system resources with Protection Software. You are also instantly up-to-date on all the latest protection, without ever having to run another update or scan ever again.

Higher security also means a Virtual Machine is more “road warrior” friendly than the traditional laptop. Do you travel a lot and really hate having to carry around that heavy laptop? We understand that to get the computer power you need to do your work, that size laptop use to be needed. Not any more. Do you live with the constant fear that your laptop will be stolen, thus all of your client’s confidential information? Not an issue with a virtual machine.

Servers are proven to be more stable than the traditional way of computing. And with higher stability comes higher security. But, servers are expensive to buy and maintain. With Cloud Computing, you get all the benefits of a server without that overhead.

In the past to keep your system up and running would keep you up and running all night when you should be counting sheep. And if you blink your eye to sleep, you can loose all your data in that instant due to Viruses, Malware, Power Surges, Corrupted Hardware, Hackers, Crashes, and Bugs. But with Virtualization your information is secure and protected. Patches and upgrades, are done automatically , so you no longer need to spend time to do these updates. Things that cause crashes, eliminated. In essence, higher security means no more IT nightmares.

What does higher expandability mean for you? It means that any upgrade in speed, storage or user accounts is a quick phone call away. Previously, to upgrade, you needed to go to the computer store, find out what you needed to upgrade your computer, buy the hardware, install it (or have an IT person install it) and a few hours, or days later it was fixed. With a virtual machine, we have all the computer speed, RAM, and hard drive space that you will ever need. And as your company grows, and your needs increase, all you need to do is pick up the phone and give us a call. Within seconds we will have your system working the way that you want it to that fits within your budget. No longer do you need to pour time and money into upgrading your entire computer just to be frustrated with it being obsolete in a few months.

High expandability also means only paying for what you use. Have your IT budget grow with your company. Why buy everything up front and waste money and resources. With Virtual Machines, you only pay for the resources you need. This saves you thousands of dollars over the lifespan of your computer. This also saves you countless hours of unproductive downtime due to upgrades and hundreds of dollars paid to IT professionals.

How will Virtual Machines make you more productive? Well, with higher expandability, higher accessibility, and higher security, you have lower downtime which allows for more productive hours in the day. But, you also gain higher productivity because running newer software on outdated systems will give you lower performance. Working on outdated systems takes more time to do even the simplest task. How many times have you been frustrated with the wait time to open Your Office applications?

And how has your unproductivity affected your customers? Do you have to tell them that you are down for routine maintenance? Have you had to ask them to resubmit their order because you lost their email in the last computer crash? Or how about not being able to do any of your work because the internet went out at your office. You couldn’t take your office desktop and monitor down to the local coffee show with free WiFi access to continue working. More unproductive hours! Now, you can take any device, your laptop, phone, iPad… and head on down the street, grab a cup of coffee, login and continue to work.

What does higher profitability mean for you? It means instead of losing money into thin air with lack of work due to technology wait times, use that money to increase productivity. Time is money, but money can’t buy time right? Wrong, now it can. The general idea is, we help increase your productivity potential while decreasing your overall IT related cots. This makes your company more profitable. So, with a little money from you, you gain more hours in the week and gain back that investment in short order. Computer wait times, lagging program startups and slow connectivity to email and mobile devices are now all a thing of the past.

With costs starting around a few dollars a day, you can have a computer that is always up-to-date, protected, and always available. Money makes the world go round, and we watch the bottom line. Virtualization saves you money. Do you have servers? With virtualization you can get rid of those and having fewer servers means less energy and money for maintenance. Getting rid of servers also frees up valuable office space and space costs money, ask the landlord. Intel’s had a recent survey that stated a server refreshed with virtualization gave a 92% energy savings and an 89% savings in floor space.

Falsehood, it is only important for larger companies to be more productive and have better IT for it. It use to be that “big business” were the only ones that could afford to be as secure as Virtualization allows you to be now, and without the cost. Just because you are a small to medium business doesn’t mean you need to think small to medium.

Think of it this way there are concierge offices for small companies or single person businesses. Where there is a big office building with many offices that are rented out for each company, and the concierge company maintains the building, supplies the energy, etc etc etc. That is Virtualization. We supply the building…. or in this case the server, and the energy to run it, the internet connection and we maintain it all. In turn you rent space on it. This brings down your costs and allows you to share the space with other people, bringing down everyone’s costs and saves on natural resources at the same time. Going green can save you green.

We can get you switched over quickly, so you can start seeing savings by the time your next month’s bills start coming in. Don’t wait till your computer quits on you and its too late. And don’t outsource your employees to save money. Outsource your computer today and start being more productive and profitable. Contact us for more information on how we can help increase your productivity while decreasing your IT costs.