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Give one good reason why customers of any size should move into The Cloud?
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Why do we say, "move into the cloud" like it's an all or nothing venture?
Any organization should evaluate all of the sourcing options available to it, to ensure that they add value to the business without excessive risk (i.e. risk that cannot be managed).
Using cloud computing in any of its many forms can provide an organization with tools and technologies that they would be more difficult or expensive for them to build and/or maintain. It allows them to make key decisions about products and services that they will use, without having to simultaneously make decisions about the underlying infrastructure that will be needed to support that application or service. (Should any business have to worry about what database technology underlies the product that would otherwise be the best one in a category for them, except that they only have XYZ database developers on staff?)
The judicious *use* of cloud computing can benefit any organization that needs flexible and cost-effective access to technology and services that can be provisioned more easily and scaled up or down more rapidly than traditional on-premise options.
To be sure, cloud computing has its shortcomings (more on that later); but small businesses looking to cut computing costs and improve efficiency during this long recession are finding the many benefits of Internet-based software and services increasingly attractive. In fact, companies with 100 or fewer employees are expected to spend $2.4 billion on cloud computing services in 2010, up from $1.7 billion in 2009
One good reason: Mobility (Who works in one place, all the time, these days? And who wants to manually bring files, data, info with you when you are mobile?)
Another? Cost efficiency (Not many small businesses can afford what it would cost to build systems that allow us to do what the Cloud allows us to do.)
Great answers...and I appreciate your insights.
To increase efficiency businesses of any size can move in to The Cloud.
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