SMB Cloud Adoption Changes the Playing Field

Grazed from Midsize Insider.  Author: Jason Hannula.

Cloud adoption by small and midsize businesses (SMB) continues to march forward and is projected to reach almost 80 percent by 2020, according to an Emergent Research and Intuit report detailed in Forbes. Adoption of cloud computing is widespread, but the ways in which it changes a business and the implications in the SMB realm are just now becoming more clear.

According to the Emergent-Intuit report, the first stage of cloud technology engagement is to focus on creating efficiency gains within the business. The efficiency effects are occurring quickly for SMBs, and as a result they are now able to explore new structures and ways of conducting business. The impact is not limited to start-ups or technology businesses, as traditional, mainstream, product and services-based businesses are seeing benefits from the cloud…

New Models

The Emergent-Intuit report points to how these SMB business models are manifesting as cloud computing matures within businesses. By engaging cloud service providers for non-core business functions such as finance or human resources, businesses are able to focus their resources on mission-critical processes…

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