Don't be left behind! With the risk of loadshedding, data corruptions and hardware theft, moving your accounting and/or payroll data to the cloud is something to be taken seriously. 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
No need for a physical server on site
There are 2 main ways to migrate your accounting or payroll 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 Sage Pastel Accounting and/or Sage Pastel Payroll product to the cloud. We can organise a virtual server quote for you - simply reply to this email for more. If we've quoted you in the past, ask us for an upated quote as virtual server prices have decreased over the last few months.
Advantages: use existing product, little training required, easy to migrate Main Disadvantage: cloud server costs
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.
