Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations Launch Data Centers in Arizona and Maryland to Meet Cloud Computing Needs of Financial Services Industry

Los Angeles (PRWEB) March 15, 2011

Cloudworks (http://www.cloudworks.com), one of the first companies to provide services in the cloud, has announced the launch of two new data centers in Arizona and Maryland, through its recent partnership with Ongoing Operations, that provide cloud-based IT solutions aimed at the financial services industry. The data centers also provide expanded redundancy and disaster recovery for the companys services in all industries.

The financial services industry has approached the cloud computing revolution cautiously because of its strict regulatory and security standards and unparalleled billions of dollars in transactions, but that is now changing because of advances Cloudworks is helping drive in partnership with a leading industry provider, said Mike Eaton, CEO and founder of Cloudworks, which has been in the information technology business for 14 years and has provided services in the cloud since 2006. By meeting and exceeding this risk-averse industrys security and compliance requirements, we are able to overcome any regulatory hurdles and enable the financial services industry to capitalize on all the benefits the cloud offers.

This is the second major announcement from Cloudworks targeted at the financial services industry. The cloud computing pioneers recently partnered with Maryland-based Ongoing Operations, a leading provider of business continuity and technology solutions to credit unions, to offer virtual desktops and hosted Microsoft Exchange services to credit unions. The partnership provides credit unions a new suite of IT offerings designed to reduce total ownership costs, offer built-in back-up, and shift large capital expenditures to predictable monthly service fees.

The Arizona data center is already online, and the Maryland center will launch in the second quarter.

About Cloudworks

Cloudworks provides cloud computing services for small and mid-market business customers including virtual desktops, application hosting, and hosted infrastructure. Customers log in through a web browser to access their secure desktop, email, applications, and files. Cloudworks, which works with Macs, PCs, and mobile devices, reduces IT labor costs, eliminates costly software updates, hardware upgrades, hardware failures and improves data security. For more information, visit http://www.cloudworks.com.

About Ongoing Operations

Ongoing Operations, LLC is the leading provider of Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Solutions to credit unions nationwide. Beyond just backing up credit unions key systems, Ongoing Operations takes a holistic approach to business continuity to ensure that all of your systems and member communication channels stay up and running no matter what. Learn more at http://www.ongoingoperations.com.

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Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations Launch Data Centers in Arizona and Maryland to Meet Cloud Computing Needs of Financial Services Industry

Ongoing Operations Adds Collaboration Suite to Its Cloudworks Solutions

(PRWEB) December 20, 2012

Communication in the work place is essential to achieving goals. With all of the ways that people communicate these days; it would be a lot easier if those means of communication could be linked together. Ongoing Operations has now added Cloudworks Solutions to its Ads Collaboration Suite.

Their unique Collaboration Suite allows its users to communicate how they want by integrating all channels into one safe platform to help the users improve communication, boost productivity, and drive performance using a cloud hosting service. With this people will be able to:

*Share work with others in a moments notice

*Use a secure messaging, conference calls, video conferencing, desktop &file sharing, plus call center functionality all integrated in one platform

*Replace webex, gotomeeting, free conference call, etc. with one seamless integrated solution

*Connect with internal and external contacts through multiple channels instantly

*Meet on the go anytime anywhere with key business partners, members, board, employees, or colleagues

*Be accessible to work team anytime, anywhere

The Collaboration Suite is a seamless integration with windows virtual desktop hosting of Microsoft Exchange, hosted Microsoft Sharepoint, hosted Microsoft Lync, and hosted VOIP. It is delivered through the Ongoing Operations Cloudworks Community Cloud meaning that it has met the following standards:

*Credit union compliant security

*Redundant- running out of multiple data centers

*Self-service portal driven flexibility

*Scalable

*Fast

*Accompanies with nice people who want to help

All someone needs to make it work is a computer or either an Iphone, PCs, Driod, ipads, ect., with internet connectivity. It will take about 20 min to set up along with the people who are desired to collaborate with. The Collaboration Suite is what everyone has been waiting for to help with their ever growing communication avenues.

About Ongoing Operations:

Ongoing Operations was formed in 2005 as a business continuity CUSO by a group of credit unions looking for better disaster recovery solutions. They have grown from serving a handful of local organizations to over 300 clients nationwide, due to the growing complexities of disaster recovery planning.

Their Data Vaulting service will protect from hardware failures, theft, and other threats. Their company provides Web backup services that will compress, encrypt, and periodically transmit a customers data to a remote vault. In most cases, the vaults will feature auxiliary power supplies, powerful computers, and manned security. Also referred to as a remote backup service (RBS), this is the premier service of server backup solutions.

As credit union disaster recovery & business continuity have evolved, so have their solutions. Beyond traditional solutions such as business continuity planning, data vaulting, and their business continuity appliance, they have added cloud solutions to become both a business continuity and cloud CUSO.

For more information visit http://ongoingoperations.com/

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