Alexandria Networks - Keeping Your Business Moving

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.

Cloud computing is a paradigm shift following the shift from mainframe to client–server in the early 1980s. Details are abstracted from the users, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves over the-Internet-provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources. It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet.

The term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used in the past to represent the telephone network, and later to depict the Internet in computer network diagram as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents. Typical cloud computing providers deliver common business applications online that are accessed from another Web service or software like a Web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers.

Alexandria Networks has partnered with Cox Communications and their data center in Springfield, Virginia to allow our team to develop "private clouds" for organizations wishing to host their applications in the cloud so that their staff can get to them anywhere and at anytime. By using cutting edge technology such as VMWare, server and desktop virtualization and MPLS circuits, we can design a network between our data center and your office that delivers applications of your choice to your desktops. From disaster recovery to hosted applications such as Exchange server or accounting packages, we can help your organization keep your data safe and secure while making sure it's accessible to those who need it.