Reasons Cloud Services canhelp grow your business

Inside: The advantages to making the decision to move to Cloud hosting

Perhaps certain SMB leaders still see the technology as new and therefore unproven in its long-termeffectiveness. Others might mistakenly think of the Cloud as lacking the level of security they need fortheir data and applications.

The truth, however, is that the Cloud is in many ways the ideal IT infrastructure for a small firm. If you’re still in the decision-making phase regarding a prospective move to Cloud hosting, these three advantages might help sway you.

Despite the major operational advantages that Cloudcomputing has provided for companies of all types, some

small and mid-sized business owners may still havereservations about adopting Cloud Services.

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Cost Transparency1The cost-saving power of the Cloud is well knownby now. Rather than making investments inservers that need to be housedon-premise, companies can payonly for the storage and networkcapacity they need, rentingcompute power from Cloudproviders and having it deliveredover a Web connection.

But perhaps even more important than this isthe fact that the costs of Cloud Services are oftenmuch clearer than those of the on-site data center.

In a column for PC Pro, techwriter Steve Cassidy pointed out that Cloud Services effectively eliminate many of the extra expenditures that often accompany server investments.

For SMBs that need to carefully plan their budgets, this kindof visibility into the costs associated with the Cloud can be akey benefit.

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“Unlike when buying a server, you aren’t hit with anupfront cost; there are no hidden electricity costs;there’s no need for a noisy, dedicated server room.”

Less Hassle

Especially for small businessesthat don’t specialize intech-related niches, it’simperative that the ITinfrastructure requires aslittle hands-on maintenanceas possible. Profit marginssimply aren’t as large for manySMBs as they are for majorenterprises, and activities thataren’t directly drivingrevenue – tending to on-site servers,for example – must be kept to a minimum.

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By opting for the Cloud, you can outsource yourinfrastructure maintenance needs to the Cloudprovider that hosts your data and applications.

This removes the need to spend money and criticaltime fixing in-house servers when they go down ratherthan devoting those hours to mission-critical,profit-creating activities.

Increased Efficiency Means Results3

Businesses that improve the flexibility andmobility of their data and communicationsinfrastructure increase workforce efficiency, which is essential to growth.

This is especially true for businesses that are looking toexpand in the next 12 months.

When a cloud infrastructure is in place, employees can access any and all programs from virtually any location with a Web-ready device and an Internet connection. By making applications available instantly, you begin to see much greater productivity from your staff.

“Say goodbye to wall-planners, paper holidayforms and complicated Excel spreadsheets.Seamless electronic data capture eliminatespaperwork and rekeying,” Cloud Tech noted.

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