The 9 benefits for small business working through the cloud include and exceed improvements in email application.
1. Keep down your costs. Initial investment is always a challenge for start up. The cloud addresses this head on, since there's no need to buy or maintain servers, routers, and related equipment.
2. Can be scaled without limit. Cloud computing prevents technology lock-in. Neither a fickle economy nor the ups and downs of business start up need prevent you from tailoring plans that enable you to adapt and remain flexible as the economy changes and your business evolves.
3. Resilience through durability. Scary thought though it may be, the truth is that for many small businesses permanent loss of a single laptop could completely destroy the entire enterprise. Even for those not so precariously balanced on the technological ledge a critical event, such as a fire or flood, which wiped-out your office would likewise wipe-out your tech, your records and effectively your business. Storing email contacts and other key documents in the cloud offers priceless insurance against such disaster. When those vital documents are kept in the cloud, as soon as you're back online your business is ready to resume where you left off.
4. Collaborate better than ever. Imagine your employees able to collaborate on the key documents for a rapidly approaching deadline. And as bonus, they can do so in real time, from anywhere. Working through the cloud makes it easy to do.
5. Flexible tech is created by the cloud, allowing you and your employees to access important documents, and respond to email, using a variety of convenient devices.
6. Greater security. The top cloud providers, such as Verizon small business email services, are vastly more secure from sabotage and theft then the security systems that most small business can usually manage. This is top of the line security.
7. Work force mobility. Reduce costs through employee work-from-home arrangements or with contract workers. Or, perhaps your business requires much travel in the field. In either case, working through the cloud keeps everyone connected, even when they're on the move.
8. Top shelf software features. Can your small business afford the top shelf software programs? Not many can. Especially at the start and frequently well after start-up, small businesses compromise on the software, sacrificing valuable functionality to scrimp by. Economies of scale allow cloud users to access the top of the line software for what turns out to be a fraction of the cost.
9. No need for retraining. You might think that the hidden cost of all these benefits would be a steep bill to pay for staff retraining. But that's not the case at all. The user interface is unchanged for your employees. Whether they're saving a document, do Excel calculations or composing an email, cloud computing for them is the same click and point experience with which they're already familiar.
Okay, I know that I said there'd be 9 benefits of the cloud, but I can't resist throwing in a bonus point:
10. It's way cool. Hey, that counts for something.
If you want to know more about where Verizon small business email service is right for you, check out this article.
1. Keep down your costs. Initial investment is always a challenge for start up. The cloud addresses this head on, since there's no need to buy or maintain servers, routers, and related equipment.
2. Can be scaled without limit. Cloud computing prevents technology lock-in. Neither a fickle economy nor the ups and downs of business start up need prevent you from tailoring plans that enable you to adapt and remain flexible as the economy changes and your business evolves.
3. Resilience through durability. Scary thought though it may be, the truth is that for many small businesses permanent loss of a single laptop could completely destroy the entire enterprise. Even for those not so precariously balanced on the technological ledge a critical event, such as a fire or flood, which wiped-out your office would likewise wipe-out your tech, your records and effectively your business. Storing email contacts and other key documents in the cloud offers priceless insurance against such disaster. When those vital documents are kept in the cloud, as soon as you're back online your business is ready to resume where you left off.
4. Collaborate better than ever. Imagine your employees able to collaborate on the key documents for a rapidly approaching deadline. And as bonus, they can do so in real time, from anywhere. Working through the cloud makes it easy to do.
5. Flexible tech is created by the cloud, allowing you and your employees to access important documents, and respond to email, using a variety of convenient devices.
6. Greater security. The top cloud providers, such as Verizon small business email services, are vastly more secure from sabotage and theft then the security systems that most small business can usually manage. This is top of the line security.
7. Work force mobility. Reduce costs through employee work-from-home arrangements or with contract workers. Or, perhaps your business requires much travel in the field. In either case, working through the cloud keeps everyone connected, even when they're on the move.
8. Top shelf software features. Can your small business afford the top shelf software programs? Not many can. Especially at the start and frequently well after start-up, small businesses compromise on the software, sacrificing valuable functionality to scrimp by. Economies of scale allow cloud users to access the top of the line software for what turns out to be a fraction of the cost.
9. No need for retraining. You might think that the hidden cost of all these benefits would be a steep bill to pay for staff retraining. But that's not the case at all. The user interface is unchanged for your employees. Whether they're saving a document, do Excel calculations or composing an email, cloud computing for them is the same click and point experience with which they're already familiar.
Okay, I know that I said there'd be 9 benefits of the cloud, but I can't resist throwing in a bonus point:
10. It's way cool. Hey, that counts for something.
If you want to know more about where Verizon small business email service is right for you, check out this article.
About the Author:
Entrepreneurs that need to know the scoop on the latest news and tips for email and other IT opportunities need to follow the Verizon Small Business Email blog. Mishu Hull is a leading commentator on technology. See Mishu's provocative review of the most recent Kindle Fire release.
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