It’s all in the ‘cloud’
- Cloud computing
There has been a lot of buzz in the press recently about ‘cloud computing’ from the likes of software giants, Microsoft and Google, so what is it and what impact will it have on small business?
In short, ‘Cloud computing’ provides companies with the ability to store data and access software services online via the internet. Traditionally, data and software was set up and stored on stand-alone PC Desktops and connected via a network, so team workers could access shared files and information with the assurance that the data was stored and backed up. This back-up system was then managed and maintained by network specialists on a daily basis. Larger businesses were able to justify the high costs against staff capacity however, it was a different story for the small businesses where cash flow was tight and staff resource low.
This is where ‘Cloud computing’ comes into its own. The advantages to small businesses are that they no longer need to set up servers for their staff IT needs, nor employ specialist staff to run a scaled down version of an IT Department to support that need. Fortunately due to today’s technological advances everything is looked after online in ‘the cloud’ by the service provider. The great news is that if your computer gets lost or stolen all your data won’t be lost as it is backed up ‘in the cloud’ and you can access it instantly from another computer, giving you peace of mind. All the online business software provided to you is fully maintained and kept up to date for you at no added cost, unlike traditional versions. You don’t have to spend endless time loading up the software onto each individual computer, every business owners nightmare, simply click on an online link and you and your team have instant access to it instead.
‘Cloud computing’ brings extremely low cost ‘online business services’ to small businesses and because the set up and running costs are minimal. icomplete.com is proud to be in this space, being able to offer big business tools to small businesses enabling them to compete with the big boys, without having to compromise on quality.
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