Cloud Computing Northern Virginia - OvaTek Technologies

April 16, 2012 - PRLog -- OvaTek Technologies a Northern Virginia Based Cloud Services, Telecommunications, Web Design and Colocation Consulting Agency Broadens Cloud Computing Partner Portfolio.  OvaTek Technologies is bringing on Windstream as a new option to provide it's clients even broader cloud services options.

For small and medium sized businesses and orginizations, cloud computing hits a particular sweet spot. With cloud services, small businesses reap the benefits of not having to deploy physical infrastructure like file and e-mail servers, storage systems or shrink-wrapped software. Plus, the "anywhere, anytime" availability of these solutions, means hassle-free collaboration between business partners and employees by simply using a browser.

Cloud computing delivers flexible applications, web services, and IT infrastructure as a service, over the Internet, using a utility pricing model. Cloud computing allows businesses to instantly scale their technology requirements to meet new demands. The Cloud is a cost-effective approach to technology because businesses don't need to make usage predictions, upfront capital investments, or over-purchase hardware or software to meet the demands of peak periods.

When you use an experienced OvaTek consultant, you tap into a wealth of knowledge and experience of someone who has been in the telecommunications, cloud and internet industries for many years and has experience working with many carriers and service providers. An OvaTek consultant will have experience dealing with almost every telecommunications provider out there and best of breed cloud providers. We will tell you how they really perform. Who has the most reliable network? Who has billing problems? Who is going bankrupt? Who has service issues? Who can make the desired install date? When using an OvaTek consultant, you don’t have to listen to “The Company Story” for each carrier, as they always tend to dress up their deficiencies. You get to hear the TRUTH.

We are invested in a long term relationship with your company. Some things you should be aware of if dealing directly with a service provider. When you work with a direct sales representative for a service provider, one that may be here today and gone tomorrow, they are paid only to bring in the sale. There is absolutely no incentive for a direct sales rep to ever speak to you again after you sign the dotted line. As we all know in the world of corporate sales, comp plans drive behavior, and sales reps are specifically told, "If the customer has a problem, send them to the Help Desk. Do not get involved. You are paid ONLY to bring in new business." It’s sad but true. However, because OvaTek consultants are paid by commission only and on a residual basis, our entire business model is based upon building a portfolio of happy, long term customers.

The exact same pricing is used in the partner channel and the direct channel. In fact in many situations the services aquired through an OvaTek consultant tends to be less that with a direct saleperson. The cost to a service provider per sale is much lower for the service provider when an opportunity is brought in by an OvaTek consultant. Direct sales representitives are paid a base salary, commission, health benefits, 401k, profit sharing and more. These costs are taken into consideration when they are pricing out services for that direct salesperson. In spite of all of the additional knowledge you can tap into with an OvaTek consultant, you can be sure you are not charged any extra for it. For large projects, special pricing is available to both partner and direct channels at the same amounts.  It is also not uncommon for the partner channel to have promotions or incentives that the direct representative has not been given access to for the customer. If the direct representatives have promotions available, they are often compensated extra if they do not use them for their clients. OvaTek consultants will pull out any available promotions available in an effort to gain your business for the long haul, as they are not incented or penalized for use of promotions. It's an incredible model that allows the customer to win!

Now small and medium-sized organizations can get the same telecommunications capabilities that Fortune 500 companies have with only one thing missing.......COST! Simplify your communications, so you can respond to your customers quickly and easily. You make local and long-distance calls using an Internet connection, which gives you the flexibility to manage calls and voice mail with just a few clicks of the mouse.The result is a cloud-based voice service that enables companies to enjoy all of the benefits of an enterprise-class phone system without the expense of buying and managing an on-premise solution.

Users want to access emails anytime from anywhere; on PCs and Macs, through Outlook and Webmail, on mobile phones and tablets. They want to sync all these devices instantly with their email, calendars, contacts, tasks, and folders; and have the ability to share these with their coworkers. With Exchange Hosting, everything in Outlook can now become "group enabled". Your calendar, task list, inbox, etc. can all be viewed or modified by other users that you specify. The extent to which those users can interact or modify your information is entirely up to your control.

Disaster. The very word summons images of flood, fire, power outages, other site-wide catastrophes and expensive recovery costs. All disaster scenarios may not be so severe, but they are all equally disruptive to business operations. Reduce complexity through centralized management across all major platforms. Reduce hardware costs with more efficient server and storage utilization. Meet your business recovery objectives by automating backup and recovery, application clustering, and data replication.

Desktops as a Service (DaaS), has at its foundation, desktop computer virtualization. As a concept, desktop virtualization separates a personal computer desktop environment from a physical machine using a client–server model of computing. The model stores the resulting "virtualized" desktop on a remote central server, instead of on the local hard drive of a desktop computer; thus, when users work from their local desktop computer, all of the programs, applications, processes, and data used are kept and run centrally. This scenario allows users to access their desktops on any capable device, such as a personal computer, notebook computer, smart phone, or thin client.

Software as a Service is based on the concept of renting software from a service provider rather than buying it yourself. The software is hosted on centralized network servers to make functionality available over the web or intranet. Also known as “software on demand” it is currently the most popular type of cloud computing because of its high flexibility, great services, enhanced scalability and less maintenance. With SaaS providers, or Software as a service providers, a provider licenses an app to customers for use as a service on demand, either through a time subscription or pay by usage.

Focus on your business interests, not your IT infrastructure. We've paired the automation advantage of the hosted platform with expert planning and support to create Managed Hosting that's as on-demand and flexible as your pace of operations. Outsourcing your hardware can provide numerous advantages for your business, including the savings you reap from not having to build and maintain your own data centre and all the costs that come with it. Our Dedicated and Managed Server partners provide you with the hardware and support you need for your infrastructure. Your Dedicated Server is kept and maintained in world class datacenters.

Peter S. Gerardi
Principal Consultant and Founder
http://www.ova-tek.com
703.888.2977
peter(at)ova-tek(dotcom)