Carlisle Business Centre

In January 2005 Carlisle was hit by severe weather that plunged the county in half darkness and boats on the streets of the city. Flooding of up to 13 feet deep set in Cumbria newspapers worldwide. It is not surprising that in the wake of such a disaster, the inhabitants of Carlisle feared flood warnings.

Determined not to be defeated again by floods, the inhabitants of Carlisle has taken steps to protect their homes and businesses, so that when heavy rains caused flood warnings to be issued in October 2008, they could be ready.

A Carlisle based on this activity, Malcolm Dodds Solicitors, took a political home with DPS software to protect their IT infrastructure in the face of such disasters.

Accommodation is the process by which a software that has traditionally run from a desktop PC is directed onto the Internet in much the same way. All that is required is a broadband Internet access to the data center DPS, other than the users go about their work in exactly the same way. As the infrastructure and maintenance is carried out off site, floods and other disasters like the only effect of the systems and provided the building is accessible, hosting allows customers to continue to work as usual.

Hosting guarantees that the software is updated while the host is responsible for maintaining the efficiency of equipment checked and maintained. In addition, the need for staff and expertise is removed for the accommodation provider. This allows companies to capitalize on not only a greater variety of software, but also more advanced versions of hardware. This is beneficial for companies because they can use the same software as the much larger competitors offer high levels of customer service without the large upfront costs.

Malcolm Dodds commented: "guarantees accommodation problems of a system of free software. I have no problem networking and I have not had to resort to engineers since I hosted. This m has saved a considerable amount of money, time and reduced my blood pressure to an acceptable level! "

He added, "Updates were becoming a problem with crime, the LSC has introduced changes to the contract on a regular basis and I had to install all these on the computer on my network, but they are now treated by DPS. "

"I've always found the support staff of DPS is excellent since I am a customer of more than 14 years. It also makes the system more mobile and I can access my case management system from anywhere, especially with the advent of digital dictation to work outside the office becomes a viable alternative. It is worthy of any serious consideration. "