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How can Businesses Use Cloud Computing?

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In a world of ever improving and constantly evolving technology, there are individual stories that stick out from the crowd – while many technologies fail to attract mainstream attention, some catch on, and before long are the standard across all walks of life, whether they be industry, manufacturing, business, leisure or research.

In these situations, businesses that are ahead of the curve benefit greatly, as anticipating the way general trends are moving (especially when it comes to technology) allows them to implement more effective infrastructure and strategies than their competitors for a period of time.

An example of this kind of emerging technology is cloud computing. The term cloud computing has been in the minds of many ordinary people for a number of years now, with easily accessible cloud storage services being something that many everyday people use. However, this kind of storage service only scratches the surface of what cloud computing is truly capable of.

Read on to find out more about cloud computing, and how it can be beneficial to businesses in a large range of ways.

Cloud backup

As alluded to during the introduction, cloud storage is one of the many benefits of cloud computing and the services that can be hosted on it. A service that is very similar to this cloud storage facility is cloud backup, a highly convenient mechanism that allows businesses to have peace of mind about the safety of their files and various digital assets.

While it is never nice to think about such events as your business’s servers being lost, stolen, or damaged, it is certainly a possible event and therefore something that businesses should prepare for in order to avoid a worst-case scenario.

Cloud computing can enable you to back up your important files on a server external to your site, that you can access from anywhere, anytime, as long as you are internet connected.

Improved security

Having a robust security infrastructure is now a vital part of owning a business – and this doesn’t just mean burglar alarms and CCTV cameras, but a strong awareness of the risks posed by cyberthreats and ensuring that all of your business’s digital assets are safe and secure.

Taking the time to learn Azure and cloud computing in general is a great way of improving your business’s security, as these systems can provide unmatched protection for your data, especially when compared to just hosting it on a single physical server.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software as a Service provides businesses with huge accessibility and flexibility benefits. Instead of committing to large payments to install software within your IT systems without having had the chance to fully test and become comfortable with them, Software as a Service allows businesses to instead pay a subscription fee for access and access the software through online portals.

By allowing cloud computing facilities and infrastructure to be installed in their operations, businesses are putting themselves in a great position to improve on a whole range of relevant factors, as well as the position to be able to scale up and scale down freely, whatever the circumstances facing them.

Software can be picked up, dropped, expanded or reduced in usage depending on your unique circumstances, allowing for easy scaling on the go – no matter the number of people employed or the size of business.

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Saman Iqbal

Saman is a law student. She enjoys writing about tech, politics and the world in general. She's an avid reader and writes fictional prose in her free time.







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