Cloud Computing is revolutionizing application and service delivery, storage, networking, security, and nearly every other area of technology with the most gains being realized by businesses. Most research indicates somewhere between 20% to 30% of companies have already adopted some form of cloud strategy, with another 50% to 60% in the evaluation and decision making process.
Cloud has arrived and it brings a massive opportunity for virtualization, mobility, remote workforces, connectivity, business resumption, software as a service and enterprise solutions that combines quality with agility to give companies exceptional solutions that scale to their business.
Why Cloud?
Cost Savings: IT solutions come at a fraction of the cost of traditional technology infrastructure. Dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
No capital expenditure: Pay as you go software as a service monthly costs.
No internal resources required: The cloud service provider manages the technology, upgrades and equipment. You just login. If you don’t have IT people, cloud manages those parts of your technology infrastructure. If you do have IT people, it frees them up to help you run your business.
Scalability: Cloudburst for dynamic capacity. Whether you are 2 employees or 2000 employees, you can dial up or dial down your services as your business flows.
Economy of Scale: Cloud offers solutions at a fraction of the cost of individual customers deploying the same solution on their own. With this comes innovation and upgrades to technology at a phenomenal pace that would be difficult to mirror if the application was not one of your core business products.
Superior Infrastructure: Part of the cloud value proposition is that they offer carrier grade data centres, power back up, 99% up-time and dedicated resources who maintain and make advancements to the platform. Most companies could not spend the same amount of time or money on applications like a specialized cloud company can.
Access from anywhere: Most cloud solutions are web based which means you have the freedom to run your business from anywhere. This offers significant gains for companies with remote offices, a mobile workforce and those who appreciate the power of a business resumption plan.
Business drivers for Cloud Adoption
- Businesses saw a 45% reduction in IT infrastructure costs when implementing a Cloud solution
- 31% of businesses felt it enhanced their competitive advantage
- 19% of businesses expressed an inflexibility of current infrastructure that limited their agility
- 70% of the companies currently using cloud-based services plan to move additional tools to the cloud in the next 12 months
- 63% of cloud users say being on the cloud has decreased technology performance issues
- According to a 2010 survey conducted by Mimecast, a supplier of cloud-based email management solutions, 72% of respondents stated that cloud services have improved end-user experience
- 58% of cloud users also agreed that being on the cloud has given them better control of their data
Cloud computing can give your company the agility, scalability and innovative solutions to help your business grow.
