Cloud 101: 5 Reasons to Get Your Head Out of the Clouds and Embrace This Small Business Tool
June 19, 2013
Grazed from The Huffington Post. Author: Gabriel Shaoolian.
Cloud computing is here to stay and your business should be taking advantage of it now. It is that simple. Here’s why: 1. The benefits will make your business more profitable because Cloud computing translates into:
• Lower overhead costs — and better competitive advantage in terms of chasing revenue without being saddled with traditional IT costs.
• Increased efficiency
• Greater employee mobility with anytime, anywhere access
• Improved ability to innovate with sharing and collaboration made easy…
Who wouldn’t be on cloud nine with all of these benefits? Yet according to a study by CDM recently reported on CIO.com, only 50 percent of small businesses are currently embracing the technology. There is a general misunderstanding on the complexity of cloud computing. Like anything else, we are much more comfortable with the systems we have in place and we naturally resist change. But we shouldn’t. Most cloud computing applications come with a full set of instructions. (Dropbox even gives you extra cloud storage if you prove that you have read the directions!) Read them and you will have a fuller understanding of how the tool works — and a greater level of comfort in using it…
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