Common Uses of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has many benefits and uses in today’s business world. Cloud computing allows your business to be accessible and online; to have increased work efficiency and productivity; and, to safely store company information with online backup services and disaster recovery plans. This post will help you to learn more about three common uses of cloud computing:
1) Accessibility – any device, from anywhere, and at any time
The biggest advantage of using cloud computing is the ability to access files, programs, emails, and documents from any location, any device, and at any time. Fixed geographical locations, and set office hours, are no longer a barrier to modifying and working with company information. You could be at the airport checking your mobile device, or in Singapore the next day using your iPad—and your applications, programs, files, documents, and emails will follow you wherever you go. This flexibility allows business owners to increase work efficiency, productivity,collaboration, and time-management.
2) Work efficiency and increased productivity
With cloud services, work efficiency and productivity is increased. For example, if your employees use traditional email to send a document to colleagues in another country, the document is sent back and forth with only one person able to work on it at one time. However, with cloud computing, the same file is kept in one central location and everyone works off of one central copy. Your employees can even chat to each other while making changes together. This transformationalso increases collaboration, teamwork, and creativity.
3) Online backup services and disaster recovery
An online backup service refers to backing up data from your hard drive to a remote server or computer using a network connection. Therefore, online backup services offer the advantage of securely storing your files at off-site server locations.This kind of backup typically goes hand-in-hand with a business disaster recovery plan, as the data remains safe should your office become at risk due to fires, floods, or employee thefts of information. Essentially, when a company relies on cloud computing, they no longer need to have large-scale or complex disaster recovery plans.
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