Take a closer look at how cloud hosting can benefit your practice
Cloud hosting offers advanced cybersecurity, improved business continuity, streamlined remote work, and reliable hardware management, all tailored to your practice.
A hosted desktop is the next step, taking your practice on its digital transformation journey, freeing up your staff from the office, allowing seamless collaboration and reducing risk.
Whether you choose a private cloud solution, public cloud or hybrid option, you can harness the power of cloud accounting for accountants.
Hosting vs cloud hosting
Hosting websites has been around for as long as the internet, but how is this different from cloud hosting?
Cloud hosting allows you to break free of on-premises hardware, servers and storage and use a cloud solution. This cloud technology uses a network of both virtual and physical servers to host and store your software, applications and data.
See what cloud hosting can do for you
Take a closer look at the positive changes in choosing a hosted desktop for accountants.
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Work from anywhere
This is one of the main drivers of accountancy practices moving to a cloud hosting solution.
Your team can work from anywhere, on any device, on a secure virtual desktop accessed via the cloud. They experience the familiar Windows desktop environment, providing simplicity and continuity.
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Collaborate seamlessly
Cloud hosting with Microsoft 365 allows easy collaboration of teams. No more versions of documents sitting on hard drives; your staff can access and work on documents simultaneously.
Remote meetings become easy using online tools such as Teams and screen sharing.
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Cost effective scalability
With public cloud hosting accountants can benefit from easy and flexible scaling. Without heavy investment in infrastructure, such as servers and storage, you can add users or bandwidth to match your capacity needs at certain times of the year or as your business grows.
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Enhanced security
A cloud-managed service reduces time spent on dealing with tasks such as software and security updates. You have peace of mind that everything is updated with a resilient and comprehensive business continuity process.
Security measures reduce the risk of cyber-attacks, including viruses, malware and phishing.
What to consider for accounting software cloud hosting
- Security – do you need the flexibility of different access and permission levels?
- Software – are you looking to host all your business software or just specific applications?
- Scalability – how will your capacity requirements change over the year and in the future?
- Budget – how many users do you need now and will the solution be cost-effective as you grow?
Featured Guide
Your guide to cloud accounting options for accountants and bookkeepers
- What is cloud hosting?
- What are the different types?
- Benefits of cloud hosting for accountants and bookkeepers
- How do you decide on the right solution for you?
- Most common questions
IRIS Cloud Hosting options
IRIS offers a variety of cloud hosting solutions that help accountancy and bookkeeping firms streamline their work, cut down IT risks, and give their teams more flexibility to work from anywhere.
Cloud hosting options provide a secure and cost-effective managed service for all your IT needs. Take a look at our products below.
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A powerful, cost effective solution for private cloud hosting for businesses with under five users. From single applications to a full remote desktop with IT support.
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Combine the power of the scalable, managed public cloud solution bringing together industry leading accountancy software and Microsoft tools.
IRIS Anywhere
“We had some difficulties and time-consuming issues on our hosted platform which IRIS worked with us on, and when they told us about IRIS Anywhere, we were keen to move over. Any software migration can be a stressful task, but the team at IRIS gave us such confidence that it would be a seamless move and it absolutely was. We are now robustly cybersafe, secure, and using the latest hosting technology.”
Morris Crocket Chartered Accountants
Take your accountancy practice into the cloud with IRIS Anywhere
So much more than just a hosted desktop, IRIS Anywhere gives you and your team the ability to work anywhere and collaborate using your existing software and applications.
