Cloud Desktops
Virtual Desktops from Cloud Shepherd, Enterprise level desktops designed for the SMB. Market leading support and everything from migration to management taken care of.
Call us today on 0800 368 7373 to start your journey.
Our support and technology set us apart
We are with you every step of the way, from setup to migration to your everyday IT needs we are there, our market-leading support and our approach to our customer service is a breath of fresh air in the industry, let us transform your IT.
Quick Overview
Moving to a hosted desktop will allow your business to work more efficiently and from anywhere with the same user experience as being in the office, access to all the programs, including Microsoft Office, Email, all your business data, your industry applications, startup where you left off in the office from anywhere. Everything is stored in tier 3 data centres. Your data is securely backed-up across 3 diverse data centres and available to be accessed from anywhere at any time. Our managed desktop is fully managed which means everything from day to day questions to major changes to how you use the product is included in the price.
Everything is hosted in the UK we use the same data centres that are used by big banks, and we use them for the same reason, the reliability, other companies use lesser technology and lesser data centres, at Cloud Shepherd, this isn’t how we do things.
Work from any device
From anywhere
Highly secure
Enterprise Technology
Everything backed up
Fully managed
Windows and Office licencing included
Free migration to Office 365 and mailbox licence
Includes your full migration to Cloud
Virtual IT Manager included
How Migration Works
When migrating your business to our Cloud Managed Desktop we don’t compromise with the attention to detail and the level of support throughout the process, our process is designed to make sure its a pain free as possible, we will take care of everything. Click on the link below for more information on how we migrate your business to the cloud.
Reasons to Buy From Us
Our approach to our customers
We believe that it’s our customers that make us, our philosophy is that if we help our customers to grow and to get the most out of their technology they will help us grow, you can treat us as your in house IT department.
Enterprise level security as standard
Security is the cornerstone of our offer, we use the highest levels of encryption and backups to make sure that you never lose any data again, we make sure all your files are backed up in 3 locations and to enterprise level standards.
Better cash flow with no upfront costs
By consolidating your IT infrastructure and removing licensing, hardware, support, anti-virus, back-up and staffing costs, our desktop as a service product will save you money and allow your business to pay as you grow.
Our Managed Desktop Includes
Enterprise Citrix Technology
Enterprise Citrix Technology refers to a suite of digital workspace and virtualization solutions developed by Citrix Systems, Inc., designed to facilitate secure and flexible access to applications and data across any network or device. At its core, Citrix technology enables businesses to deliver a seamless and consistent work experience to their employees, regardless of their physical location, the devices they use, or the network conditions they are under.
Full Desktop Support
Full user support and desktop software support
End to End Encryption
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a method of secure communication that prevents third-parties from accessing data while it’s transferred from one end system or device to another. In E2EE, the data is encrypted on the sender’s system or device and only the recipient is able to decrypt it. Nobody in between, be it internet service providers, hackers, or even the platform provider itself, can read the encrypted data or tamper with it.
Active Directory User Management
Active Directory (AD) User Management is a crucial component of Microsoft Active Directory, a directory service that provides a central location for network administration and security. Active Directory manages users, computers, and other devices on a network. It is widely used in corporate environments to streamline the management of IT resources.
Migration from your current infrastructure
Migration from your current infrastructure refers to the process of moving digital business operations from one set of hardware, software, or both, to another. This can involve shifting from physical servers to cloud-based services, upgrading to more modern systems, or transitioning from one software platform to another.
The Ability to access your desktop from anywhere
Access to Thin Client Rental
Microsoft Office and Windows Licencing
Enterprise Antivirus, Anti-malware, Anti-Hijack Software
VMware Virtual Machine Management
Tier 3 Data Centre
Access to Our Peerless Support
Free Email Migration And Mailbox Licencing
A Virtual IT Manager With Access To Our Full Expertise
Performance, Security, Reliability, Scaling,
IT As a Service
IT as a Service, an interesting concept… Rather than being a white labelled “desktop as a service†offering, the Cloud Shepherd platform is built from the ground up to be agile, secure, scalable and most importantly, flexible.
From provisioning through deployment to end user on-going service, the environment is our own architecture that has been purpose-built to deliver the most effective, scalable and efficient virtual desktop platform.
Use any Device
Cloud managed desktop is available on any device, bringing true diversity and mobility to the modern organisation.
This allows for mix and match of aged and modern IT estates. The implementation of thin client devices, and mobile devices, can allow businesses to foster a “bring your own device†(BYOD) strategy.
This delivers multi-device access for all users to include their offices, their mobile devices and their home computers
Save energy and reduce co2 emissions
With a cloud-managed desktop, your computing is done in a data centre, this means it’s all done on the most energy-efficient hardware available, and because it’s centralised there are much lower power overheads, this means you will see huge reductions to the environmental impact of your business IT with make use happy and the planet happy.
Consolidate IT costs
Historical capital expenditure investment in equipment has made computer power, storage and scalability very hard to manage. The disparate resource of PC hard drives, RAM and processor power have meant that many organisations have had far more resources than they could effectively use, and manage.
Deployment of a managed desktop delivers exactly what is necessary to provide all users with sufficient compute power – paid for per user, per month. This shift to operational expenditure based costing for IT allows for instant elasticity, long term scalability and easy fixed cost growth for the business.
Futureproof
IT decisions are hard to make… we’ve been there.
The key to the growth of most organisations is cost efficient agility, allowing them to compete in any market, at any pace. Future proofing the tech infrastructure with a virtual desktop allows the business to deploy exactly what is necessary, when its necessary, where its necessary – to instantly accommodate any change within the business. All of this happens at a fixed cost per user.
There are no refresh points and no technology expiry – we upgrade everything for you. Software licensing provided by Cloud Shepherd permits access to the most up to date versions. The end user access equipment becomes simplistic, and easy to manage.
Fully Managed
Defining a technical handover point in any IT estate is always difficult. The managed desktop, and in particular when delivered over a fully managed network, allows for a very clear handover point ensuring skill sets employed by the business are deliberate and in line with user engagement, productivity and growth strategies rather than break fix and IT estate management.
Traditionally, 80% of IT budgets have been spent on doing what you do. 20% spent on creating new ways of doing business.
We are here to change that.
TESTIMONIALS
What People Are Saying
Cloud Shepherd helped to make our business much more resilient, replacing physical site-based servers with virtual cloud-hosted workstations. Their staff are friendly, knowledgeable and responsive and as such we would have no hesitation in recommending their service to others.
We have been working with Ed and the team from Cloud Shepherd for over 5 years. As our team and our requirements have grown, as has the support from Cloud Shepherd. Acting as our outsourced IT department, nothing is too much trouble and they have been their to not only solve the urgent issues, but to also help us plan our IT requirements for the future. The team are friendly, responsive and knowledgeable. As a small growing business this is exactly what we need.’
At Royal Porcelain Works, we use Cloud Shepherd for all our IT support. Ed, Dave and the team there are fantastic to deal with and their service is exceptional, providing a fast and efficient response to any issues. Having never used a remote service before, I can highly recommend Cloud Shepherd, as they very much feel a part of our onsite team
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Unit 1 Elgar Business Centre
Hallow
Worcestershire
WR2 6NJ
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