11th January 2023
The cloud is a part of everyday life. If you have an online email account, use social media or are using one of the many streaming services, you are accessing the cloud. The cloud has been around for a long time and its use has increased massively across businesses of all sizes and industry sectors.
Moving your business to the cloud is a big step, perhaps one you don’t think you need to take right now, but if you take the leap, you will reap big benefits for you and your business.
Every business is facing new challenges every day but moving your business to the cloud will make you more flexible, increase your security and reliability, and make your business more efficient.
In short, it will help you transform your business, equipping you with the tools needed to tackle the rapidly changing GI market head-on.
Everyday flexibility
The health of the economy is difficult to predict with the cost-of-living crisis and steep inflation, and you will want to be able to manage the demands to your business. The cloud gives you the flexibility to reduce or increase your capacity to meet the changing business environment. It can scale with your business easily delivering the resource you need.
Following the pandemic, increased flexibility and working from home in some form is here to stay. The cloud allows you access to your data with the convenience and simplicity that you can view the latest Netflix boxset, wherever you are and on any device. This flexible access can also provide an improved work-life balance for your employees and have a positive effect on overall productivity.
Keeping your data secure
We are all at risk from cyber-attacks, it is not just the big brands that are targeted; everyone from individuals to small businesses are on their radar. Keeping data secure is everyone’s top priority and it is no different with cloud providers, it is their full-time job to keep their systems safe. They look after your system security, so you don’t have to.
They employ 1,000s of people to monitor their systems to prevent any kind of breach or cyber-attack. They also look after your software upgrades and back-up your data.
Cloud providers also work to prevent any potential IT failures that could cause any downtime or disruption. Microsoft Azure, a leading cloud provider boasts of a 99.995% uptime rate giving businesses peace of mind that their data can be accessed whenever they need it.
Focus on your business
To be ready for the challenges that you will face in the future, you want to be able to focus 100% on your business and not use up resources worrying about your IT infrastructure. Moving to the cloud will help you do that, freeing up your time and reducing your costs. Your business will be more efficient, helping you to deliver the best possible service for your customers.
Despite all the benefits that the cloud can bring to your business, the decision to move is still a big step. It should depend on how the transfer will fit in with your objectives and strategies and deciding what is right for your business.
