As discussed in my last post Cloud computing , without a second thought is a new fashion in IT word that has brought the most benefits to small businesses. Today Indian SME businesses have strong global business presence . But till date competing with international/big players carries few difficulties in terms of affordability of necessary IT Utilities.
And the good news is Cloud computing to some extent had leveled the ground of competition between the Large players and SME’s by providing similar kind of IT capabilities to SME’s that large players have and that too in a nominal cost. And now I would like to share with you what I think are the 5 key ways for a small business to be benefited from cloud to get ahead and play with the big boys.
- Cloud Communication The WWW penetration and broadband created a revolution in the way enterprises manage information giving rise to the concept of Cloud Computing. The same revolution is now changing the way enterprises communicate by giving birth to a new industry: Cloud Communications weather talking about email, Instant messaging, PBX or Video conferencing, the cloud has the answer. Cloud communications is attractive because the cloud can now become a platform for voice, data and video. So to do international calls no need to pay for ISD when hosted VOIP services can be used to make cloud calls and the fancy is you can save 90% of your telephone bill’s. Moreover with voice you can carry also video over to the network to do video conferencing which defines your global presence without leaving office and without putting expensive ,gazzy video conferencing equipments and networks. Last but not the least the hottest buzz is Hosting your E-Mail in the cloud. Subscribing the Cloud Mail from the service providers can increase your mail box quota and give extensive collaboration capabilities at a very Nominal cost. So today we can say ” IT IS EASY ” to connect and communicate across any device any time by cloud in Economical way with your Mobile force.
- Cloud Collaboration allows user to access and work together on digitally stored information which could be documents, videos, computer programs in the real time.This really gives a remedy from bulge attachments travelling to and fro from mail boxes, and resulting in suspension mail email system and decreasing productivity. Also, it allows better collaboration capabilities with outside world , who can be given access to the files they need and they can also get involved while the work is being done.
- Business Applications is usually not cheap and buying something like HRMS , CMS etc for your processes takes a size-able cost for a small business. Again, cloud has the answer by allowing users to access business applications and collaborate online with these applications hosted by third party service providers.And Yes, strategic decisions of deployment should be done keeping business factors in mind such as : 1: How critical that business application is? 2: Does my policies allow me to take particular data linked with application to cloud? and few queries more needed to be addressed before signing up for the services.
- IT Infrastructure is important for any business and for a small business it could be very expensive to invest in their own Infrastructure systems. Also more over it is not in IT ethics to go without any back up or DR at all, as imagine that one morning all your business critical data are gone and you have no way to recover it. Again, the cloud has the answer, with the services available such as IAAS ( Infrastructure As a Service) for various infrastructure needs with quite a few cost .More over effective DR and Backup services On-Demand can also be subscribed tailored to your business requirements.
- Cloud based CRM is a affordable service that helps small business to automate business process which cater the relationship with customer . As per the definition of CRM it is a tool to automate Sales , Marketing and Services processes of business. And a organized process with defined entities in a tool helps business’s to deliver the forcasted results in competitive world.
These are Lot of other ways a small business could benefit from the cloud, but with these specific cloud services one can think to start with.
Today You cant say ” IT IS EASY ” to connect and Share in personal life but its difficult at work.
Because Today you have either traditional way of doing the things Or New way ,With the CLOUD comes in entirely new approach to business software’s. As with cloud you can communicate and collaborate Across Anydevice and Anytime.
So what say ……..!!!!!!!!!!
Its a time to give BuByyee…
to Lengthy deployments and Long product cycles……………
And get the innovations right when it happens………
As the cloud service provider thinks in minutes not in months!!!!!!
So its time to rethink and reinvent the way you work…..
What will you CHOOSE….
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