There has been plenty of recent buzz about "the cloud". The hype seems to have peaked recently with companies targeting consumers with TV and print ads. For a price you can now store and access all of your personal and work content remotely. Services allow you to easily access applications, critical documents and multimedia like music, photos and video remotely. In addition, you can sync up your information between mobile devices and home based-based networks through intermediary technologies known as the cloud.
So how can your company benefit from it? First, it is helpful to understand what the cloud actually is. We define cloud-based computing as technologies that deliver computing over a network as an on-demand service. The model allows for sharing of applications, resources and data with computers and mobile devices almost like a utility.
There are both public clouds and private clouds. Public clouds are accessible in a broad public domain to individual users or multiple organizations. Private clouds are resources shared by one organization. Clouds have a few distinguishing characteristics; resource pooling, self-service, rapid scalability, measured service and in the case of a public cloud broad network access.
For small and medium businesses the reality is that cloud-based computing is a great opportunity to optimize your IT infrastructure and spending to allow for a renewed focus on revenue-generating opportunities. If implemented correctly private clouds can be used to deliver IT resources to your end users quickly, reliably and at a lower cost. From both a business and technology management perspective these technologies can provide the following benefits:
- Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Business Continuity
- Cost Savings
- Improved Scalability
- Increased Security
- Rapid Deployment
- Simplified IT Infrastructure
Cloud computing and managed services are no longer just a business advantage for large corporations. Give us a call or visit our cloud & advanced services page to learn about how your organization can benefit from the power of the cloud.
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