Upgrade to Cloud Computing
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Upgrade to Cloud Computing
With the rise in high-speed internet, the increase in loadshedding and the risk of COVID-19 many companies are taking advantage of cloud products so that their employees can work away from the office without getting cut off. Advantages of the cloud are:
  • Mitigate against loadshedding
  • Access your data from anywhere
  • Safety and security
  • Ease of updates
  • Reliable processing speeds
  • Faster & simpler support
There are 2 main ways to migrate your data to the cloud. We will explain these in the following paragraphs.

Move your existing product to the cloud

You can purchase a cloud server and move your existing Pastel Accounting and/or Pastel Payroll product to the cloud. We can organise a cloud server quote for you - simply reply to this email for more.

Advantages: use existing product, little training required, easy to migrate
Main Disadvantage: cloud server costs

Migrate to a cloud product


Sage Business Cloud Accounting and Sage Business Cloud Payroll are true cloud products and are accessed via a website. Simply enter your email address and password on the site to access your data and begin processing.

Main advantage: easy to use
Main disadvantage: training costs

Cloud Backups

We recommend that your Pastel server has 
IronTree installed to keep your data safe. You should always have an off-site backup, whether or not your server is in the cloud. Data on cloud servers can also be deleted or become corrupt / infected. Click here if you would like to request a quote or a 14 day trial version.

Cloud Security

We recommend that you have security software installed on both your local and cloud computers to protect your data against hackers and viruses. IronTree offers an advanced cloud anti-virus and firewall system. The software also has the ability to block certain website categories if required. 
Click here if you would like to request a quote or trial version.

Please contact us if you would like us to help you with any of these cloud solutions.


Upcoming training sessions:
  • Wed, 7 Dec - Leave & Bonus Processing Workshop - R840
  • Wed, 18 Jan - Microsoft Excel - Formulas - R840
  • Wed, 8 Feb - Microsoft Excel - Analysing Data  - R840
  • Wed, 15 Feb - Microsoft Excel - Useful Tools - R840

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