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SHOULD YOU CHOOSE DIY, CLOUD SERVICES, OR SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND? OPTION # 1: DIY INFRASTRUCTURE OPTION # 2: OUTSOURCING TO THE CLOUD of IT pros surveyed currently use or plan to use cloud services in the next year* 69 % 64 % have been using them for 2+ years* Fewer outages Contained infrastructure costs Access to experienced support Network performance stability Slow ticket response times Limited transparency OPTION # 3: THE CLOUD ALTERNATIVE, DEDICATED MANAGED HOSTING COMPLETE CONTROL COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY & Wahhhhh! IT’S EXPENSIVE! YOU PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN: & IT’S TIME CONSUMING FOR IT / / / / S S S S EQUIPMENT / / / / S S S S TECHNICAL EXPERTISE / / / / S S S S IN-HOUSE SUPPORT ONLY 27% OF RESPONDENTS ARE HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH THEIR CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER Let Peak Hosting manage your operations infrastructure and your Internet “plumbing.” GET ALL THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD, PLUS: YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE MOST PROFITABLE AREAS OF YOUR BUSINESS: PROPRIETARY 2N DESIGN DEDICATED 24/7/365 SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS NO MORE HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR IT STAFF COSTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CUSTOMERS SALES & MARKETING STAY ABOVE THE CLOUD WITH PEAK HOSTING. If your business relies on the Internet – and you don’t want to hire your own technical operations staff or be your own Internet plumber – there is only one choice: Dedicated managed hosting, or Operations-as-a-Service SM (OaaS). The view from above the cloud is clear. Interested? Download White Paper » Source: *Spiceworks Voice of IT survey deployed to 122 US IT pros, conducted on behalf of Peak Hosting, July 2014 When it comes to managing operations infrastructure, many think there are just two choices: Do-it-yourself (DIY) in-house or outsource functions to the cloud. What if we told you there was a third option? And a better one, at that… Peak Hosting dedicated managed hosting supports more than just your hardware. It maintains and supports elements that cloud service providers don't – for a support level that goes way beyond the cloud.

Should you choose DIY, cloud services, or something above and beyond

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Spiceworks, the online community and network estimated to be used by more than five million IT professionals and 3,000 technology vendors to collaborate and solicit advice from one another, recently surveyed 122 US-based IT professionals to learn about challenges these pros face when evaluating or using hosting services.

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Page 1: Should you choose DIY, cloud services, or something above and beyond

SHOULD YOU CHOOSE DIY, CLOUD SERVICES, OR

SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND?

OPTION #1:

DIY INFRASTRUCTURE

OPTION #2:

OUTSOURCING TO THE CLOUD

of IT pros surveyed currently use or plan to use cloud services in the next year*69%

64%have been using them for 2+ years*

Fewer outages

Contained infrastructure costs

Access to experienced support

Network performance stability

Slow ticket response times

Limited transparency

OPTION #3:

THE CLOUD ALTERNATIVE,DEDICATED MANAGED HOSTING

COMPLETE CONTROL COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY

&Wahhhhh!

IT’S EXPENSIVE!YOU PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN:

&IT’S TIMECONSUMINGFOR IT

/// /S

S S

S

EQUIPMENT

/// /S

S S

S

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

/// /S

S S

S

IN-HOUSE SUPPORT

ONLY 27% OF RESPONDENTS AREHIGHLY SATISFIED WITH THEIRCLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER

Let Peak Hosting manage your operations infrastructure and your Internet “plumbing.”

GET ALL THE BENEFITSOF CLOUD, PLUS:

YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE MOSTPROFITABLE AREASOF YOUR BUSINESS:

PROPRIETARY2N DESIGN

DEDICATED 24/7/365SUPPORT

AND MAINTENANCE

CUSTOMIZEDSOLUTIONS

NO MOREHARDWARE,

SOFTWARE ORIT STAFF COSTS

INTELLECTUALPROPERTY

CUSTOMERS SALES &MARKETING

STAY ABOVE THE CLOUD WITH PEAK HOSTING.

If your business relies on the Internet – and you don’t want to hire your own technical operations staff or be your own Internet plumber – there is only one choice: Dedicated managed hosting, or Operations-as-a-ServiceSM (OaaS). The view from above the cloud is clear.

Interested?

Download White Paper »

Source:

*Spiceworks Voice of IT survey deployed to 122 US IT pros, conducted on behalf of Peak Hosting, July 2014

When it comes to managing operations infrastructure, many think there are just two choices: Do-it-yourself (DIY) in-house or outsource functions to the cloud. What if we told you there was a third option? And a better one, at that…

Peak Hosting dedicated managed hosting supports more than just your hardware. It

maintains and supports elements that cloud service providers don't – for a support

level that goes way beyond the cloud.