Cloud Services for Businesses in Romania: What They Are and How to Choose

Short answer: Cloud services mean that your company's servers, storage, backup and applications run in a provider's data center, not on hardware bought and kept in the office. You pay monthly or hourly only for what you use, scale resources up in a few minutes, and no longer depend on a server that can break down or be stolen. For a company in Romania, what matters most is where the data is, who helps you when something goes wrong, and what happens if a data center has a problem.

What cloud services are

Cloud services are IT resources rented over the internet from a provider: virtual servers (VPS), storage, backup, private networks, DDoS protection, remote desktop and, more recently, GPUs for artificial intelligence. Instead of buying a server once every few years, you rent it, start it in a few minutes and scale it up or down as needed.

Types of cloud solutions for businesses

• VPS servers: a virtual server with its own resources (CPU, RAM, NVMe storage), on which you run your website, online store, applications or database.
• Windows server and remote desktop: a Windows server that employees work on through Remote Desktop, for example with accounting software such as WinMentor, SAGA or Ciel.
• Storage and backup: S3-compatible object storage for files and archives, plus daily backup with restore points.
• Disaster recovery: a copy of your servers in a second data center, which can take over operations if the first one has a problem.
• Managed services: the provider administers the servers for you: updates, monitoring, security.

How to choose a cloud services provider

• Data location: for users in Romania, a data center in Romania means low latency and data kept in the country, in the EU, in line with GDPR.
• Certifications: ask for audited certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017 or SOC 2 Type II, not just declarations of compliance.
• SLA: check the availability percentage guaranteed in the contract and what compensation you receive.
• Support: who answers at night or on weekends, and whether you have a contact person who knows your company.
• Real cost: include backup, licenses, administration and the renewal price, not just the entry price.
• Migration: ask whether the provider moves your existing servers for free, not just websites.

Managed or unmanaged cloud services

An unmanaged service gives you the server, and you or your IT company do the rest. A managed service includes administration: the provider installs updates, monitors the servers and steps in when there are problems. For companies without an IT department, the managed option is usually cheaper than an employed administrator; for companies with a technical team, the unmanaged option offers more control at a lower price.

OMC cloud services in Bucharest

OMC Cloud has a data center in Bucharest, one of its 25 data centers, and offers from the same console VPS servers with Linux or Windows, remote desktop, object storage, backup, disaster recovery, GPUs and managed services. Servers are billed hourly or monthly, from $4 per month, with a 99.95% availability SLA, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017 and SOC 2 Type II certifications, and 24/7 human technical support. Every customer has a dedicated, Romanian-speaking account manager based in Romania, and existing Windows servers are migrated for free, as they are. Details: VPS server in Romania, managed services and how much a VPS in Romania costs.