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If you are into technology or perhaps have dropped your phone down the toilet one too many times losing valuable pictures of the preceding night, then there is a good chance you already know the benefits of using a cloud service.
However, while the cloud is often a prominent part of our personal lives, there are plenty of reasons why you should use the cloud for businesses too.
If you want to find out more, then read this article!
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Make Sure You are Cloud Compliant!
First and foremost, while there are many reasons to use a cloud service, you also need to make sure you are cloud compliant with the data you are storing. Make sure you are compliant with the data protection act to avoid any fines for negligent security breaches and make sure to understand what is expected of you when you use these services. Click here to find out more about cloud compliance.
Keeping Your Work Safe
While you run significantly less of a risk of dropping your work computer down the toilet (though never entirely risk free), businesses will find that risks are still very much there but come in different forms, such as malware, viruses, PC crashes, and data corruptions to name a few. A good anti-virus cannot save your laptop’s motherboard from frying, just like a top of the range computer will not always be able to prevent malware from breaching the system. Whatever the cause of damage, it is best to be prepared with a cloud back up, so if something does go wrong, you do not lose all of your important files and data.
Flexibility and Scalability
Traditionally, using servers meant shelling out upfront costs for something which could put a real dent in the budget for a necessity, but also something not needed all the time. This is not ideal for any company, especially those who are just starting out.
The beauty about cloud servers is that you can opt for the basic packages from the beginning, only paying for what you need to use, but the facilities and storage are also able to grow with you as your business grows too. This means there is no need to mess around with swapping providers or buying more equipment, you can simply scale up or scale down when you need to.
Unlimited Storage
No longer are we limited to the storage we buy. When buying a physical server, you get what you get, and this can become particularly costly if you need to keep expanding – not to mention the space that physical servers can take up. So, using a cloud service for storage is a fantastic way to keep your storage unlimited and your office a place you can still move around in freely.
Financial Savings
Many cloud companies will offer you some impressive services as part of your cloud package now, which will all be included in your specific plans price. They are also responsible for the maintenance of your services – which is another cost that can be forgotten when we take on our own tech. There will always be maintenance, including performance checks, managing the heavy infrastructure, dealing with any complications or issues, and you can also opt to have data backups made too!
