Understanding Cloud Solutions
Much has been written about Cloud solutions – including on this blog – but do you really understand how it can help your business or are you lost somewhere in the technical mumble jumble? Just for a minute, forget about everything technically speaking and let’s take a look at how Cloud solutions can help your business.
First, there’s the data sharing capabilities. This means that your email, your calendar and your contacts list become platform independent. You, and anyone else you designate, can access these three vital tools from anywhere – a desktop, a laptop, a tablet or a Smartphone.
Next, there’s the application sharing. This means that rather than buying expensive licenses for every piece of software for every computer in your office, we ‘cloud’ it. You simply pay a per user per month fee and everyone can access the programs using only a web browser. Another major advantage to application sharing is when the software needs updating, it only has to be done once – not on every single computer.
Finally, there’s the cloud storage. This means that when you save a file, it can be accessed by anyone from anywhere on any device. It ‘lives’ in the cloud and not only can anyone access and work on that file, it’s also simple to revert back to a previous version of the file, if needed.
All of our systems are completely secure. Password policies are in place to ensure data protection and all communication between your computer and the cloud is encrypted. What’s important to understand about the three types of Cloud solutions is that we’re experts in the field as we’ve been offering these solutions for more than five years – long before the term Cloud became mainstream – and we work with you to meet your individual budget, requirements and security needs.
