Your own server, in your office or hosted by us.
Cloud bills that only go up, a subscription for every app, and your files sitting on someone else's platform. More businesses are moving some of that back to servers they control, a shift the industry calls cloud repatriation. CTS sets up and manages small business servers on site, from a NAS for files and backups to Windows Server and Linux, or runs private virtual servers for you in professional data centers. We'll look at what the cloud costs you today and tell you honestly whether moving anything makes sense. Sometimes it doesn't.
On site, hosted, or both
Four parts of running your own servers, handled by one provider.
On-Site Servers & NAS
A server in your office, sized for your team: file storage and backups on a NAS, a Windows Server for shared drives and sign-ins, or Linux for the apps you'd rather own.
- Synology and UniFi NAS
- Windows Server file shares and sign-ins
- Linux servers and Docker apps
- Sized, installed and documented
Hosted Private Servers
Don't want hardware in the office? We run virtual servers for you (VMs and VPS) in professional data centers, on a private network (VPC) connected to your office by VPN.
- Virtual machines and VPS run by CTS
- Private networking between servers
- Secure VPN to your office
- Resized as you grow
Backups Done Right
Every server we run gets copies in more than one place, including off site, and restores are tested, because a backup nobody has restored is a guess.
- Local and off-site copies
- Encrypted backups
- Restores tested
- Clear plan for a bad day
Managed for You
Updates, security patches, disk space and certificates handled remotely, with one number to call. You get the control of your own server without becoming its administrator.
- Updates and security patches
- Remote management
- Storage and health checked
- One number to call
Three signs a server pays for itself
The cloud bill keeps growing
Per-user storage fees and add-ons stack up. For large files like job photos, drawings and video, a NAS in the office often costs less within a couple of years, and it's faster on your own network.
You want your data close
Big files over a slow internet line, or a simple wish to own the hardware your records live on. A server on site keeps working even when the internet doesn't.
Another subscription for every app
Many tools you rent per user can run on your own server with Docker or Windows Server. We'll tell you which ones are worth bringing in-house and which aren't.
What owners ask us first
What is cloud repatriation?
Moving work from public cloud services back to servers you control, on site or with a private host, when the cost or control makes more sense. For a small business it usually means files, backups and a few apps, not everything.
Should we move everything off the cloud?
No. Email and office apps usually belong in Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Files, backups and line-of-business apps are the usual candidates to bring in-house. We'll tell you which parts are worth moving.
Which platforms do you work with?
Synology and UniFi NAS, Windows Server, Linux and Docker, and the other common platforms small businesses run. If you run something else, ask us and we'll tell you straight whether we can support it.
Find out what the cloud really costs you.
Book a 30-minute call and bring a recent cloud bill. We'll tell you honestly whether bringing anything in-house makes sense. Related: managed IT services, cloud solutions and UniFi support.
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