Technology is accelerating at rates never before witnessed. As technology is bringing progress to businesses of all types, top companies are looking for ways to stay ahead of the technological revolution.
Perhaps your company is struggling with existing complex and costly business software and hardware in order to carry out your day-to-day business activities. Your company has hired a team of expensive specialists or experts to manage and maintain these systems. It has come to the point that your company can’t keep up to date with the latest technology due to limited resources. What should your company seek as a new enterprise solution? Let’s talk about cloud services.
Cloud services use the Internet to deliver hardware and software services, so you don’t have to invest in physical hardware and software at your office.
As the fastest growing IT sector in the world, cloud services are big. And some trend watchers predict that within a decade or so, businesses without a cloud computing strategy may as well not have the Internet at all. It may seem that the solutions offered by cloud computing providers are for large enterprises with heavy data loads and a large, far-flung workforces but that’s no longer the case.
Cloud services offer your business many benefits. They allow you to set up what is essentially a virtual office. You also gain the flexibility of connecting to your business anywhere, any time. With the growing number of web-enabled devices used in today’s business environment (e.g. smartphones, tablets), access to your data becomes much easier than in the past.
There are many benefits to moving some of what you do to the cloud:
Flexibility
Cloud-based services are ideal for businesses with growing or fluctuating bandwidth demands. If your needs increase it’s easy to scale up your cloud capacity, drawing on the service’s remote servers. Likewise, if you need to scale down, the flexibility is baked into the service. This level of agility can give businesses using cloud computing real advantage over competitors.
Access from Anywhere
Being able to do business without borders is one of the most unique benefits of cloud services. Access to your applications and data are available to authorized users instantly anywhere on Earth there is Internet access.
Security For Your Data
The cloud’s security architecture is multi-layered, and safeguards against the weaknesses that allow cyber attacks to occur. There are different types of security controls used: deterrent controls, preventative controls, detective controls and corrective controls. All of these things work in tandem to protect your sensitive information and intellectual property, especially where federal compliance regulations are an issue.
Lower Costs
Cloud-based services can help you save money on many fronts. Some areas are server maintenance, power, and cooling costs, and software licensing and upgrade expenses. Rather than spending money to maintain hardware that often goes unused, subscribing to software and services for a low monthly fee can help small businesses stretch their budgets further.
Scalability
Your business can scale up or scale down your operation and storage needs quickly to suit your situation, allowing flexibility as your needs change. Rather than purchasing and installing expensive upgrades yourself, your cloud computing service provider can handle this for you. Using the cloud frees up your time so you can get on with running your business.
Improved Collaboration
Cloud applications improve collaboration by allowing dispersed groups of people to meet virtually. They can easily share information in real time and via shared storage. This capability can reduce time-to-market and improve product development and customer service.
Should your small business be in the cloud? It economical, scalable solutions for every stage of a company’s growth and the most innovative tools for collaboration and security. Migrating your company’s data to the cloud can save money, expand your reach in to rapidly growing global marketplace, and help preserve the environment. Like anything, cloud services have drawbacks and risks of their own. But taking your business to the cloud can benefit not only your brand but also the bottom line.
Contact Grundig IT today to discuss your business needs and cloud computing options.
