Hosted Sage solutions are not a new concept. For years companies have outsourced their Sage solutions to data farms just like SAP users.

However, due to technology advances and licensing models introduced and developed over the last 24 months, hosted Sage solutions are becoming a much more viable solution.

Ancar B Technologies has been working with major UK Sage Partners in deploying Hosted Sage Solutions for several years in physical environments. However, due to developments in virtualization technology, we also offer solutions within a Private Cloud.

Cost Reductions

Microsoft in recent years released a licensing model that allows companies to “Rent” Microsoft licenses based upon monthly usage which allows for low cost deployment of hosted services and has created the increase in deployment of such services.

Unfortunately, Sage still operates a policy where the software has to be owned by the user outright for its deployment.

So, with the cost savings with Virtualization and the Microsoft License Agreements, the initial Capital Expenditure is reduced to the costs associated directly with the procurement of the Sage software.

Sage 50 to Sage 1000

Don’t forget Sage 200 and Sage Line 500 either! They can all be hosted remotely. Sage 50 can be deployed in a single virtual server config using Server 2008 and Remote Apps to offer extremely cost effective solutions. These are hosted within Ancar B’s “Customer Cloud”.

Larger deployments of Sage are hosted within Private Clouds dedicated for each customer, offering high data security and availability.

Hosted Sage ERP, CRM and ACT!

The benefits don’t just end with the Account ranges. With all the applications now turning into Web Services, the Sage ERP, CRM and ACT! solutions can also be deployed in a virtual or cloud environment.

Read more about Ancar B Technologies Hosted Sage Solutions.

Ancar B can react quickly to end-user equipment problems but more often than not the issue lies outside of our control on the BT network. At this point we are usually in the hands of a team of Open Reach engineers who are not governed by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) whatsoever. You could be down for ages and there is nothing you can do about it.

If you are unlucky enough to get a problem then you can find yourself in a Business Critical situation very quickly!

If your business relies on the Internet then you should consider a connection that comes with an SLA such as a Leased Line or Ethernet based product, but these can come with large associated costs. If you need a cheaper option then talk to us about our backup ADSL offerings. We can provide multiple ADSL connections carried over separate networks for extra resilience, automatic and manual failover options, store & forward email SMTP feeds and more…

Unfortunately most of our backup ADSL systems are ordered off the back of a major ADSL outage. If you are reading this and rely on your connection then think about getting yourself some cover before you get the problem…?