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What is a public cloud?
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Naturally, a public cloud is a service that anyone can tap into with a network connection. "Public clouds are shared infrastructures with pay-as-you-go economics," explains Forrester analyst James Staten in an April report. "Public clouds are easily accessible, multitenant virtualised infrastructures that are managed via a self-service portal."

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What is a private cloud?
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A private cloud attempts to mimic the delivery models of public cloud vendors but does so entirely within the firewall for the benefit of an enterprise's users. A private cloud would be highly virtualised, stringing together mass quantities of IT infrastructure into one or a few easily managed logical resource pools.

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What is a hybrid cloud?
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Hybrid cloud is a composition of two or more clouds (private, community, or public) that remain unique entities but are bound together, offering the benefits of multiple deployment models.

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What is Codestone’s experience?
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Since 1997 Codestone have been assisting businesses in achieving competitive advantages by implementing best of breed ICT solutions and are at the forefront of the virtualisation revolution; completing over 300 projects for organisations of various sizes in the UK. Through our proven processes and methodologies, backed up by a talented project management team and consultants who are industry leading experts, we ensure that we meet our customers objectives every time.

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Is the Codestone Cloud platform just for large organisations?
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Definitely not! The beauty of Codestone Cloud's proposition is that it is completely scalable, meaning it may be utilised by any size of business, organisations, from sole traders to PLCs.

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How do I connect to the Codestone Cloud?
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It’s simple! All you need is an internet connection.

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Who will manage my Codestone Cloud resources?
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There are two options available. Once your virtual system has been created and any data migration completed, Codestone can manage all or some of your system, depending on the level of technical resource within your organisation.
The first option is applicable to companies with high levels of technical resource who will be provided with access to their system via the Codestone Cloud management console and can manage, deploy and remove resources as required.
The second option is applicable to companies with little or no in-house technical resource who can utilise our technical resources through Codestone’s suite of managed services products called Systemsure. With SystemSure’s flexibility you have the option of selecting the elements of your system and any associated software applications that will be monitored and managed by Codestone, including response times and the levels of service that best suit your business needs.

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Can I access my system from outside of my place of work?
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This is the key feature of utilising a virtualised system, hosted in Codestone Cloud. If you have an internet connection available, you can access all you business applications from any location and on any device, all subject to your own security rules and permissions. This allows organisations to implement a remote access policy and in turn a robust business continuity strategy.

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What are the Cost benefits of moving to Codestone Cloud?
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One of the main objectives for organisations, when moving their systems to the Cloud, is to make savings on costly capital expenditure when refreshing legacy hardware. By moving to Codestone Cloud a utility based “pay for what you use” model allows these costs to be taken into account when budgeting for growth in operational costs.