These days, the cloud is enabling small- to medium-sized businesses with very tight budget constraints to gain access to an array of capabilities that can reduce expenses, eliminate the need for costly on-premises equipment, and even help them to expand their footprint around the world.
With countless cloud-based offerings on the market – some of the most popular being Microsoft (News - Alert) Azure and Amazon – one of the main benefits of migrating to the cloud is the major burden that is taken off the shoulders of an organization’s IT team. This is due to the fact that now a cloud hosting provider is responsible for all of the tasks related to managing and maintaining this next-generation platform, which in turn frees up a businesses time to concentrate on driving the efficiency of company-wide operations.
So, what are some other benefits? According to a recent piece penned by a writer from The Guardian, “Streamlining your operations in this way allows you to focus on your actual content. In a society driven by the desire for anytime, anywhere, any device products and services, content is king and the cross-platform benefits of cloud services are therefore key. This new technology is supporting the ethos of ‘create once, publish everywhere’ by providing a flexible service delivering content to any kind of device.”
While your firm will still need to focus in on vital elements, such as the overall creation, effectiveness and end-user experience of the cloud-based offering, there are many cloud business experts willing to help your organization overcome certain challenges. Aplicor’s CloudSuite, for example ,will not only meet current demands but can be changed on-the-fly and scaled either up and down to meet needs that must be met in the future. Highlighted for being an extremely robust one-stop-shop of sorts for both CRM and ERP software, the portfolio encompasses functions such as backup and disaster recovery, the ability to deliver 99.999 percent uptime, a security risk management infrastructure and ISO (27001:2005) and SAS (News - Alert) 70 Certifications.
While ensuring that your business leverages the almighty cloud will only become more important as the days pass, security, flexibility and reliability must also never be forgotten about. Making the lives of your employee base less complex and assisting them in concentrating on what is most key to growing your company is truly a win-win scenario for all – something that is only made possible because of the feature set powered via the cloud.
Edited by Blaise McNamee