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How Can Cloud Computing Benefit Your Small Business?
Most of the time, you'll find people talking about the latest technology tool, feature, device or gadget: whether it is during dinners, official meetings, or even at parties. New technology has become readily available and at the fingertips of most business owners nowadays. Unfortunately, some people still think that these advances are just 'the latest gadget' that does not necessarily translate to a more efficient way of working - and in some instances, this possibly rings true. However, when you see successful business owners consulting their calendar on their smartphone before confirming an appointment, or composing an e-mail to someone, you can’t help but think that it’s really practical. How Technology Evolves? We’ve come a long way since the first use of internet within a corporation. Back then, business managers could only use e-mail from one desktop computer: they could only check their e-mails once they arrived at the office and provided that one computer didn’t fail. Then came the free e-mail services like hotmail, yahoo mail and later on gmail. But in the professional world, those free e-mail systems didn’t always show the professional perception that most business owners wanted to show. So, instead, they went into installing and managing their own e-mail servers: everything was managed in-house. This generated a lot of capital expenditure for the smaller businesses. Finally, users went mobile and wanted to be able to check their email when they are on-the-go. What are the challenges for Small Business owners? The challenge is simple for the small business owner: they want to empower their employees by setting up a flexible and more productive e-mail system while keeping their budget to a decent level: it would even be a plus if they could lower their e-mail system budget while being, at the same time, able to provide higher grade e-mail features. A few years back, any IT manager writing such terms of references would have been seen as a dreamer: everybody would have asked how can one lower the IT budget while providing a richer e-mail application. How a Hosted Exchange solution provides a solution? In fact, cloud computing is a disruptive innovation in the way that it radically changes the way IT systems are conceived nowadays. Hosted Exchange is one of those cloud computing services that typically fits into the terms of reference described in the paragraph above. The solution lies in the fact that: instead of having every small business invest in their own huge IT infrastructure for managing e-mail, a Hosted Exchange provider invests into a bigger and richer e-mail system which they then 'rent' to multiple tenants (small and medium business owners). This makes for a radical change as the Hosted Exchange provider manages all the technical details (including investing into new technologies and infrastructure), then they recoup their investment by having a multi-tenancy system that pays a fixed and regular fee. Not only do the tenants get the latest features without having to invest from their own pocket, but they also empower their users thereby achieving better results. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Hosted Exchange by Giacom is available to businesses in the UK, Europe and beyond. Based on Hosted Exchange 2010 technology, features include collaboration, shared calendars, contacts, shared tasks, push email, and more. |
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