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As technology advances and as the demand for collaborative, internet based platforms continues to increase, opportunities to explore the option of cloud computing follow suit. This blog post is a quick look at a few advantages to using the cloud. Next month we will take a peek at ways to evaluate if a cloud computing integration is right for you.
In brief, advantages include accessibility to your information and knowledge which essentially becomes "on demand". All you need is an internet connection. This facilitates connectivity on the road or after hours 24/7, globally.
Cost: Servers (as well as software) will always require maintenance, add-on's and upgrades. With the cloud, hardware costs are reduced as a large majority of the infrastructure is created and maintained by a third party provider. Organizations can then position IT staff to focus on developing other business forward projects.
Improved decision making and business execution as individuals, teams and companies are better able to access real-time information.
Disaster preparedness and succession planning, whether a power outage, a catastrophic loss (fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane), organizational job shifts or the retirement of an administrative assistant. With redundant, accessible well managed information systems everyone - from individuals to enterprise wide users can be up and running following a significant business interruption. The on boarding of new staff to new positions flows smoothly and the knowledge created by a staff member who leaves the business enterprise is not needlessly neglected/ lost on a personally accessed PC.
Finally, security, yes you read that correctly, security. For the most part, SaaS options offer the highest levels of internet security available today with providers investing vast dollar and manpower resources toward that assurance. These measures are far more sophisticated than a majority of staff and subject matter experts can provide in-house.
As technology advances and as the demand for collaborative, internet based platforms continues to increase, opportunities to explore the option of cloud computing follow suit. This blog post is a quick look at a few advantages to using the cloud. Next month we will take a peek at ways to evaluate if a cloud computing integration is right for you.
In brief, advantages include accessibility to your information and knowledge which essentially becomes "on demand". All you need is an internet connection. This facilitates connectivity on the road or after hours 24/7, globally.
Cost: Servers (as well as software) will always require maintenance, add-on's and upgrades. With the cloud, hardware costs are reduced as a large majority of the infrastructure is created and maintained by a third party provider. Organizations can then position IT staff to focus on developing other business forward projects.
Improved decision making and business execution as individuals, teams and companies are better able to access real-time information.
Disaster preparedness and succession planning, whether a power outage, a catastrophic loss (fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane), organizational job shifts or the retirement of an administrative assistant. With redundant, accessible well managed information systems everyone - from individuals to enterprise wide users can be up and running following a significant business interruption. The on boarding of new staff to new positions flows smoothly and the knowledge created by a staff member who leaves the business enterprise is not needlessly neglected/ lost on a personally accessed PC.
Finally, security, yes you read that correctly, security. For the most part, SaaS options offer the highest levels of internet security available today with providers investing vast dollar and manpower resources toward that assurance. These measures are far more sophisticated than a majority of staff and subject matter experts can provide in-house.
