Intel AppUp Small Business Service The Intel AppUp Small Business Service helps small businesses by providing a complete, on-premises server solution and an extensive catalog of popular software from Microsoft* and other vendors through an affordable monthly subscription based model, all remotely managed & maintained by Clark Technology Group via the cloud. Pay as You Go, No Leasing Hassles No other computer services firm offers an on-premise, pay-as-you-go use model, and a catalog of subscription software to choose from. While servers and software may be leased by businesses, this still ties up credit, and requires buying to support the highest expected usage up front. With the Intel AppUp Small Business Service offering, you can convert IT to an operational expense to up-scale and down-scale according to business needs. Compared to pure-cloud offerings, the Intel AppUp Small Business Service offers the same kind of flexibility and ease of use, but with an on-premises solution which brings two key benefits. - First, the customer’s data is on-site and in their control.
- Second, an on-premises solution offers higher performance via a low-latency local network, and reduces the reliance on the performance and reliability of the business’s sole Internet connection. If the Internet connection goes down temporarily, the business can continue operating. Many areas still have limited bandwidth or less reliable Internet connections and this is an excellent, cost-competitive alternative to pure cloud solutions.
Cost Effective and Affordable Capability to run multiple software applications in a single on-premises server. Pay as you go and pay as you grow set-up. All hardware, software and services are offered on a monthly pay-as-you-go basis. If you reduce the number of users, your monthly cost goes down. If you don’t like an application, you can cancel it with no penalties at the conclusion of any billable month. Greatly reduced up-front costs for small businesses — get "IT as a Service" for a low monthly fee rather than buying an expensive hardware/software solution up-front. Complete flexibility in adding or removing software solutions as well as the numbers of users means the offering and its cost structure is always "right sized" for any small business budget and organization regardless of their growth or contraction. How does the Intel AppUp Small Business Service Work? A server developed especially for small businesses is situated on site but managed remotely by us, allowing you to concentrate on your core business, not IT. The Intel AppUpSM Small Business Service provides access to a catalog of pay-as-you-go applications for Small Business, including: Email / File Sharing / IM
Frequently Asked Questions | | How much support is included in the subscription? | Clark Technology Group, LLC handles support for the small businesses. Fully managed, configured and setup for your business, school, or practice. | Does the Intel AppUp Small Business Service provide a backup and disaster recovery option? | Backup in the cloud can be set up using the CTG Peace of Mind data center. Disaster recovery is supported by two servers which would operate side-by-side with one acting as a fail over if the other one fails. | What if the Intel Hybrid Cloud server is destroyed (fire, tornado, etc.)? | Clark Technology Group, LLC can activate and restore the applications on a new machine. | At what point should I expect to outgrow the Intel AppUp Small Business Service and what would happen when/if I do? | The Intel AppUp Small Business Service is designed for small to medium business environments. As with all scenarios the actual number of end users that a server can support will vary on the actual usage in the environment. The Intel AppUp Small Business Service can support scale by adding more Intel Hybrid Cloud servers to the environment and splitting up the virtual appliances across the additional servers. If small businesses outgrow their server, they can transition the data to a new server. Intel offerings are growing all the time, so there may be an option to continue with subscription software applications, or there may be a need to purchase an additional server and software. | What if online services are down? How are we affected? | There would be no end-user impact unless Intel’s infrastructure was down more than 30 days. The likelihood of this happening is slim to none, given an expected downtime of 30 minutes a year or less. | Who has access to data on the server? | The small business has access, primarily. Clark Technology Group, LLC is the administrator of the server and may have access through VNC consoles to individual applications. Intel and the software vendors in the Intel AppUp Small Business Service catalog do not have access to any of the data on the system. | What is the return policy? | Clients agree to use the server for 3 years. At that time the client will be provided a brand new state of the art server to replace the one currently in use. | What is included in the box? | The list of small business applications available through the Intel AppUp Small Business Service catalog is always growing. Some examples include Server OS, Email, File Sharing, IM, Firewall, Backup, Remote Management, VOIP/PBX, Disaster Recovery, Accounting, Vertical Applications (i.e. medical, legal, etc.) and there are many more available. |
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