Did you know that 90% of companies use some type of cloud service? If your organization hasn’t yet tapped into the power of the cloud, now is the time. 

What is moving to the cloud and how does it work? 

In a nutshell, the cloud is a huge network of servers that sit on the internet and provide different services. These servers may provide an online service, usually, applications or software, or they may be intended for data storage and access.

The cloud provides a number of benefits to organizations looking to store their data. These may include but are not limited to:

1. Cost Savings 

Storing data in the cloud greatly reduces and in some cases practically eliminates the necessity to purchase equipment. Larger corporates may even have the opportunity to cut costs in their data centers, which are usually very expensive to set up and equip.

Not only is there tremendous opportunity to reduce procurement costs, moving to the cloud opens up opportunities to save in the total cost of ownership, which is about cutting back on running and people costs.

Cost management is also improved by the pay-for-what-you-use model in place by most cloud service providers. Companies don’t need to buy terabytes of storage space and wait for it to fill up.

2. Improves Collaboration

File-sharing and workflow cloud applications allow distributed teams the ability to work on documents, as a team, with much-improved ease and efficiency.

Team members are able to concurrently work on documents, making real-time updates, seeing what team members have done or may be doing on the documents.

This improves communication and reduces re-work dramatically.

Such improved collaboration will speed up project delivery as well as improving customer satisfaction.

3. Drives Mobility

Arguably the greatest advantage of cloud computing for businesses is enabling team members to work from anywhere, at home, in an internet cafe or even a favorite coffee shop.

This is especially attractive in modern days when employees are seeking flexibility in both their working hours and work environment. Organizations that store their data in the cloud will be providing employees with options to work on the go or at home.

This, in turn, leads to the next benefit – sync’ed access which is, essentially, accessing data in the same – or very similar fashion – from their desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets.

4. Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Is Easier

Storing documents in the cloud offer a great failsafe in case of an emergency. Equipment can be damaged in the event of a disaster, incapacitating critical IT functions.

Data can be lost irrevocably, without which the business will surely fail.

The ability for teams to access company data from anywhere at any time makes business continuity easier, greatly improving customer service.

Moving To The Cloud Successfully 

The benefits of moving to the cloud are undisputed. You can’t argue that there are visibly great benefits to making the move, however, to make the move successfully, you need to ensure that all levels of the workforce are on board. 

Consider hosting sessions with employees to help them understand how making this change can help them, as well as benefit the business. 

Moving to the cloud opens up their world to remote work-from-home opportunities as well, such as is required now due to COVID-19. 

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