More than ever before, businesses require a great number of software programs in order to function efficiently today. The growing reliance upon programs such as email, enterprise software, accounting systems, office suites, graphics software and file-sharing programs are becoming harder and harder to manage for small-to-medium sized businesses. The amount of time, money and energy it takes to effectively manage infrastructure, internal servers and troubleshooting make cloud computing an excellent option.
So, what exactly is cloud computing? Think of it like this: rather than hosting your software applications on an internal server requiring you to outlay large capital costs as well as ongoing internal IT support, by moving to cloud hosting you are essentially placing your software hosting with a third party. This has a number of benefits to your business:
Reduced Capital Costs –
Rather than be required to outlay a costly one-time expenditure in purchasing an internal server and multiple software licences, you can utilize cloud technology for little to no capital investment. The costs of cloud hosting lie in ongoing user fees rather than large upfront costs. By converting capital expenditure to an operational expenditure, cloud computing lowers the barriers to entry for many small-to-medium sized businesses.
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