Cloud Computing Tools for Small Business

Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Carlo Pandian.

Working from home will introduce you to multiple problems that you will need to overcome. Over the past two years I have slowly developed my own company working my way up to a part time blogger to a full time copywriter working full time week to week. During those two years, I have had to learn multiple new skills in a variety of areas and not just relating to the services I provide. When you run your own business you will need to learn about marketing, accounting, advertising, communicating and your IT skills will develop hugely over time.

One of the problems I had that really had an effect on me was when my hard drive became corrupted. I had failed to back up my laptop over a six month period (I know, silly me), and I lost many important files, a lot of work and all sorts of bits and bobs ranging from Photoshop files, bookmarked links and my accounts. A complete and utter disaster. Since then I have looked into ways to protect myself and my data and I don’t only rely on back ups which I now do religiously one a week. Cloud computing may have scared me at first but now I see the benefits…

What Are the Benefits?

There are many fantastic cloud computing tools for small businesses. The information you store is not kept on your hard drive, instead it is stored on remote servers so even if your PC was to explode in a fire all of your saved files will remain safe for you to recover at a later date. The other fantastic benefit of cloud computing is the ability to access files from multiple computers and in any location, all over the world. I have recently acquired a Mac and I swap and change between my laptop and Mac throughout the day. With files stored on the cloud storage, I am able to access the files I need without the use of pen drives or emailing them from one computer to another…

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