Clouds
When I say the words, “The Cloud” it immediately conjures up images of those beautiful, fluffy puffs of stuff we get over head here in Florida. We have some of the best clouds. After I return from my brief reverie, I then see rows of servers lined up in some remote locations, blinking away, storing all of your precious data. As a tech, I am also impressed by that image, which, no doubt, does not impress the average small business owner.
There are still those who don’t understand the cloud, and they don’t trust it just yet either. I get it. But I also know that without that cloud backup, it’s much more difficult in a state like ours, where weather is such an issue for a few months a year, and power surges are not infrequent, cloud back up is a great tool for preserving your data.
It’s also good for those who work remotely more often than not. If your company has salespeople in the field, without numerous email trails to keep up with, it’s difficult to keep everyone on the same page. When documents are stored in the cloud, everyone on your team can have access to the same data. It’s up to you as to whether they can update the data, that’s a conversation for another time.
Cloud computing for small businesses
Migrating certain applications to the cloud will be more involved than you might think, but less complicated than what your fears will have you believe. We, at Unified Technology Solutions, are pretty good at that cloud migration and data backup.
Depending upon your operation, it may be best to begin using the cloud storage on applications you have just begun using. That way everything starts from square one and you don’t have to add the task of pulling data from other areas, you may simply start from the beginning.
It’s also important to understand what the different cloud Vendors offer, and which one might be best for your application.
Give us a call and we can set an appointment to go over your current systems and build a plan with you.
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