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Very few of our clients now are either 100% in house data center \/ 100% in the cloud – How Maximum Midrange can help<\/h2>\n

The Cloud is an incredible option for individuals and businesses large and small.\u00a0 Every day as consumers we seamlessly interact with it for our personal email, photo sharing, movie streaming, mapping services etc.\u00a0 All of this what seems free, is paid for mainly by delivering advertising to our mobile devices and desktops.<\/p>\n

In the business world, the cloud works differently.\u00a0 It is a subscription based service.\u00a0 Putting your multi million line database in the cloud is not a free solution.\u00a0 It will cost you.\u00a0 Every month.\u00a0 And really, that is how it should be.\u00a0 Nothing is free of course.<\/p>\n

Very few of our clients now are either 100% in house data center \/ 100% in the cloud \u2013 it is almost always a mix.\u00a0 What we try to do is offer economical hardware based solutions when a client is considering cloud vs in house.\u00a0 If you read our blog<\/a>, you know we like to write about the IBM 8234-EMA machine<\/a>, but there is a good reason.\u00a0 With an initial purchase price of approximately $7,500 \u2013 a client would receive a factory sealed IBM server \u2013 16 way 3.6Ghz machine, configurable with up to 384Gb RAM and up to 5.4Tb of disk space.\u00a0 OS is your preference between AIX and your preferred version of Linux.\u00a0 $7,500 \u2013 that part is done and paid for.\u00a0 Hardware maintenance on this machine (if that is selected) is approximately $4,800 annually for the base model.\u00a0 Your recurring cost is then $400 per month.\u00a0 Or you could self-maintain with our lifetime warranty<\/a> on parts for this machine.\u00a0 Then the client has to factor in power consumption and the IT staff (which you still have of course managing cloud applications), etc.\u00a0 Once all the numbers are together, the client can weigh in house computing vs cloud.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, if working on documents in a collaborative process and the sharing of files is at the top of your daily list, then cloud computing is the way to go.
\nIf the security of your data is your main concern, or if you are a small business with a smaller IT budget, then leaning to the local side would work for you.
\nBut you (just like us here at Maximum Midrange) will probably have that mix of local \/ cloud and we can help you determine what in-house storage and networking gear will suit you best.<\/p>\n

Call our experts for a free consultation today: 855-932-6627<\/strong><\/a>
\nThey love to help!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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