Cloud technology removes the limitations of location, the need to purchase and maintain expensive on-premise equipment, and allows for the flexibility and scalability that no other technology does. Australian based Cloud solutions mean safer storage, fast fail-over and readily available data for you and your company. That’s C3 Cloud.

At C3 Group, we’ve built out our own cloud environment for clients in a highly secure, Australian Data Centre – we call it C3 Private Cloud. When we migrate a client to C3 Private Cloud, they have the option of co-location, or infrastructure as service (IaaS) via shared or dedicated servers, built to suit their needs. We also offer clients Public Cloud from leading vendors. Our main Public Cloud partner is Microsoft – giving clients access to Office 365 and Azure, which are also stored securely on Australian shores.

Hosted Firewalls are an alternative to Physical Firewalls. A firewall (whether physical or virtual) is a layer of protection that acts as a barrier between trusted networks and untrusted networks. A firewall controls access to the resources of a network through a positive control model; so the only traffic allowed onto the network is defined in the firewall policy and all other traffic is denied. Safe data comes in – dangerous data is blocked.

No matter how big or small your business is, whether on premise, or in the cloud, a firewall is essential to protect the network from viruses and other malicious attacks. Not only do firewalls log activity that you can inspect later, they also warn you about harmful actions and prevent nasty attacks including the likes of malware. Businesses have the added option of customising their firewall settings to block certain IP addresses they don’t want staff to be accessing in work hours, like social media, etc. Benefits of hosted firewalls include:

As the name suggests, this is a solution that gives our clients the luxury of automated backups to the cloud. Unlike traditional backup solutions that come with drawbacks such as a large upfront investment, manual maintenance and internal staff to operate, our offsite backup solutions are completed in the background automatically, without anything needed to be done by you. All of the data backed up to our cloud environment is stored safely in an Australian Data Centre that has a high redundancy for power outages and natural disasters. Offsite backups allows your data to be stored securely and accessible quickly, should you ever need it.

We love the convenience of ‘pay as you go’ – seriously, who doesn’t!? It’s a trend that’s taking the world by storm, and we wanted our clients to leverage the same kind of flexibility and accessibility through us too! Our new style of finance was developed to allow you to get the hardware your business requires through a single, monthly fee that rids the complication of a bunch of small bills coming in at different times. This kind of set up allows your business to easily budget, track and measure IT related expenditure.

Our finance options are sure to keep you and your staff productive, as you’ll be working off modern technology that’s safe and reliable. Your finance guy will also be thrilled as they’ll be dealing with simplified payment plans! And the best thing? You may benefit from tax incentives by renting, rather than purchasing outright.