Get Your Servers Out of the Office With Cloud Hosting Services
BCA hosts your business servers and applications in a secure data center or the public cloud and manages them for you, so there's no server closet to run and no hardware to replace.
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Cloud Hosting Explained
What Is Cloud Hosting?
Cloud hosting means your business servers and applications run in a professional hosting environment instead of a closet or back room at your office. You don't buy the server hardware, and you don't have to worry about power, cooling, physical security or replacing equipment every few years. Your team reaches the same files and software as before, from the office or anywhere else with a secure connection. It's the simplest way to get out of the server business without changing how your team works.
BCA hosts your servers in a secure data center facility or on a public cloud platform such as Azure or AWS, whichever fits your applications and budget, then manages them for you: setup, monitoring, updates, backups, remote access and support. You deal with one team for all of it.
Colocation
You own the servers and rent space, power and cooling for them in a data center.
Cloud hosting
The server infrastructure is provided and managed for you, so you just use it.
How Cloud Hosting Helps Your Business
No server room
Power, cooling and physical security are handled in a facility built for servers.
No hardware to replace
Server hardware is provided, so there's no big purchase every few years.
Access anywhere
Staff reach hosted applications securely from the office, home or the road.
Reliability
Servers run in facilities with backup power and redundant connections.
Predictable costs
Hosting is a regular cost instead of a large, irregular purchase.
One team
BCA manages the servers, the access and the support.
Scope
What's Included in Our Cloud Hosting Services
Cloud hosting covers more than the server itself. BCA sets up the hosted environment, moves your applications into it and keeps everything running, secured and backed up afterward. Where each server is hosted and how it's sized depend on what you run.
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Hosted Servers
Servers for your files and business applications built in a secure data center or the public cloud, sized for your workload.
- Data center or public cloud hosting
- Servers sized for your applications
- Capacity added as you grow
Hosting
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Application Hosting
Line-of-business software installed and run on hosted servers, coordinated with your software vendors.
- Business applications hosted
- Software vendor coordination
- Updates scheduled after hours
Applications
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Secure Remote Access
Staff connect to hosted servers and applications securely from the office, home or the road.
- Encrypted connections
- MFA on every sign-in
- Access set by role
Access
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Monitoring and Updates
Hosted servers monitored for health and performance and kept up to date in planned maintenance windows.
- Health and performance monitoring
- Updates in maintenance windows
- Issues fixed before they spread
Management
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Backup and Recovery
Hosted servers and data backed up to a separate location, with restores tested and recovery priorities agreed.
- Backups kept separate
- Restores tested
- Recovery targets agreed
Backup
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Move-In and Handover
Your servers and applications moved into the hosted environment, with testing before your team switches over.
- Move planned and scheduled
- Testing before cutover
- Old equipment retired securely
Move
Our Approach
Why Businesses Choose BCA for Cloud Hosting
Hosting only works if the people running it know your business. BCA has spent 37 years supporting businesses, and 98% of our clients stay with us.
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The Right Home for Each Server
BCA hosts servers in a secure data center or on Azure or AWS, so each application runs where it fits best, not where one provider says it should.
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Hosting and Support in One
The team that runs your hosted servers also supports your users, devices and office network, so there's one number to call.
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Local Technicians
Remote support handles most issues quickly, and when office equipment or connections need hands-on work, BCA technicians come to you.
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Years in business
98%
Client retention
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Average response time
100+
Businesses supported
FAQ
Common Questions About Cloud Hosting
Here are the questions businesses ask most often about hosting their servers off-site.
Is cloud hosting the same as colocation?
No. With colocation, you own the server hardware and rent space, power, cooling and connectivity for it in a data center, so you're still responsible for the equipment and for replacing it. With cloud hosting, the server infrastructure is provided as part of the service and BCA manages it, so you never buy or replace server hardware. Colocation can suit businesses with specialized equipment or recent hardware they want to keep; hosting suits most others. BCA can help you weigh both.
Where will our servers be hosted?
It depends on what you run. Some workloads are best in a secure data center facility BCA works with; others fit better on a public cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. BCA recommends the right home for each server based on your applications, how your team uses them and the cost, and documents where everything is hosted.
How do staff reach hosted applications?
Usually through a secure remote connection or a remote desktop that opens the application on the hosted server, so it looks and works much as it did before. Files can stay on the hosted server or move to Microsoft 365. Every connection is encrypted and protected with MFA, and access is set by role so people only see what they need.
What happens if the internet goes down at our office?
Your hosted servers keep running, but staff at the office can't reach them until the connection is back, so the office internet connection matters more after a move. BCA can add a second internet connection that takes over automatically, and staff can keep working from home or another location in the meantime.
Is our hosted server shared with other businesses?
In the public cloud, your servers run as virtual machines on hardware the provider shares among customers, kept separate from one another. If you need hardware dedicated to your business alone, that's a private cloud, which BCA can host in a data center or build in your office.
Can we host one application and keep everything else in the office?
Yes. Many businesses start with the server they worry about most, often an aging application server, and leave everything else as it is. Hosting that one server still takes the hardware out of your office and gives remote staff easier access. You can add more later, and BCA manages the hosted server and the office systems together.
Do we still own our data?
Yes. Your data belongs to your business wherever it's hosted. BCA keeps it backed up and documents where it lives, and if you ever move to another provider, your data and documentation go with you.
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