Has anyone advise you to move your business to the cloud? Did you asked yourself what is this about it? Is it for big companies or for everyone?
In the last post we explained what cloud computing is. The primary benefit is pretty straightforward: you don’t have to pay for all the hardware and support costs needed to store your data; no need to pay for electricity bill or maintain servers, wiring, etc.
Cloud Computing Services
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. You typically pay only for cloud services you use, helping you lower your operating costs, run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale as your business needs change. But is that all it is? There is a much stronger case for a small business to incorporate the cloud in their business model.
Cloud Benefits That Every Small Business Owners Should Know.
The biggest issue holding back small business to have top of the line infrastructure is the capital to create the data center to compete with large firms. They are too small to be able to pay for expensive software and hardware or to maintain data center.
Most SMBs have neither the hardware budget nor internal resources to own a network infrastructure or not having capital to buy the equipment. For example you can run a storefront, but think you might be able to sell a lot more if you sell online, but you don’t know what will take to maintain such infrastructure or you don’t have the right tools or personnel. All of this because cost is way to high. You can’t justify the capital to buy the hardware, software, and the labor to design, build, and support it all. The cost of entry to the online world is just too much.
How to end all of this problems. ? The simple answer is that cloud will lets you rent just as little infrastructure or software as you need. Also, will let you grow as incrementally as you like, paying only for what you use because everything is scalable. And just because of this, the high cost for an up to date infrastructure can be eliminated.
Now What?
Please don’t hesitate to contact us on your next cloud project. Take a look on our Services . Find out how CIC Networks Managed IT Services will help you to move all your applications & data in the cloud, all in one place.