Businesses are Betting on the Cloud
Businesses are increasingly adopting cloud services and transforming how they operate. Organizations can migrate from on-premise servers, networking, software and storage to hosted solutions in Azure. Like migrating to Office 365, the shift to Azure makes your business more agile and offers new opportunities for your business to rapidly scale.
Benefits of Microsoft Azure Services
Scalable as-you-go pricing
Security and Compliance Tools Baked in
99.9% Data Availability Guaranteed by Microsoft
Preparing for Windows 7, Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 End of Support?
Migrating to Azure should be a discussion you have while planning for Microsoft End of Support. Preparing for new operating systems frequently involves purchasing new hardware and updating software. Instead of budgeting for new servers and application updates every 3 to 5 years, you can use End of Support as an opportunity to move your organization to the cloud.
Engage a Microsoft Gold Partner to Maximize Your Azure Services
Azure will change how you operate, but the platform is complex. Applications and features are constantly updated. Migrating and managing the platform is not a do-it-yourself activity. Working with a Microsoft Gold Platform partner that has extensive Azure experience will save you time and ensure continued productivity. At Nortec, we have 8 Gold competencies, including cloud-specific proficiencies. We earned a Gold Cloud Platform Competency after demonstrating our ability to modernize infrastructure and successfully migrate business applications and data to the cloud. To earn the Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions, we had to prove our expertise in cloud solutions, like Office 365, that increase productivity and security at small- and mid-sized businesses. This helped us earn a Gold Cloud Productivity competency too.
Nortec’s Gold Competencies
- Application Development
- Cloud Platform
- Cloud Productivity
- Collaboration and Content
- Communications
- Datacenter
- Messaging
- Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions
Nortec’s Silver Competencies
- Enterprise Mobility Management
- Windows and Devices
Maximizing Microsoft Cloud for Your Business
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CLOUD JOURNEY, our cloud consultants have been there. This guide is based on Nortec’s first-hand expertise to help your business leverage Microsoft’s solutions and maximize your cloud ROI.
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Successful Azure Migrations Require Planning
The potential for the cloud to propel business growth, save money or make your organization more flexible depends on the actions you take before, during and after a cloud migration. At Nortec, we carefully manage each step of the process.
Before: Planning and Testing
You explain your business needs and goals and we roadmap solutions. Before migrating your organization, we test our plan using shell environments to ensure everything is properly connected and working.
During: Managing Your Migration
We schedule the migration after business hours or over a weekend to minimize disruptions. We check the systems and turn on advanced security tools, like Advanced Threat Protection, so your business is protected from day one.
After: Training, Management and Improvements
After the migration, we provide support and train members of your team on new systems and applications as needed. Our team continually monitors and tests your backups. We also identify new technologies and next steps to take in the cloud, like implementing Enterprise Mobility + Security (EM+S).
“We’ve been with Nortec since 1996. Thanks to their responsiveness and the bulletproof backup and recovery plan they had in place for us, we were able to recover in less than half a day when disaster hit.”
JESUS ROMERO, DATABASE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, NPES
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