In the last week have you checked your bank account balance online, updated your Instagram or Facebook account with a new status or photo, booked a movie/event/game/holiday on the internet? What about purchased groceries or bought clothing from an online store? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then guess what? You’ve been doing it all ‘in the cloud’.
When folk refer to doing work or business ‘in the cloud’ it can sound quite technical and difficult to comprehend, however ‘the cloud’ is really only accessing anything over the internet.
Running your business ‘in the cloud’ is a lot simpler and nowhere near as overwhelming or technical as you might think. In fact, you can gain some real benefits for yourself and your business from doing.
Benefits include:
- Freedom – the ability to work from anywhere with an internet connection.
- Time – not that we want you to be doing business 24/7, but the ability to access your business systems and data is available whenever you want it, in real-time.
- Peace of mind –working in the cloud usually means reduced IT headaches. Let’s face it, computers aren’t made to last so who wants to be reliant on a piece of hardware. If your business is in the cloud your data is always accessible, you aren’t reliant on a computer, there is no need to install software, and no need to run backups.
- Efficiency – you can give access to your systems to whoever you chose, and have greater choice to integrate with other systems.
Any questions, or thinking you might want to be in the cloud, we'd love you to contact us.