What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is IT capability (service, software or infrastructure) provided rapidly and with minimal effort over the internet for a pay-per-use monthly fee, much like electricity. Businesses are moving to cloud computing to support:

• Growth, Flexibility, Scalability and Mobility
• Efficiency
• Lower Cost and Improved Cash Flow

Cloud Computing Key Business Benefits

Growth, Flexibility, Scalability and Mobility

• As your company grows, your IT grows with you without the need for massive reinvestment.
• The software fees are applied per seat, so you won’t be limited in the number of users.
• The cloud can be readily deployed anywhere, anytime within a matter of hours or days so you can add temporary locations or test new geographies without having to build a data center.

Efficiency

• Realize increased availability and efficiency of information sharing across all departments and locations.
• Information is current and accessible with uptime guarantees.
• Software upgrades are timely and automatic.
• The IT staff can focus on technical improvements instead of maintenance and repair.

Lower Cost/Better Cash Flow

• Infrastructure (hardware, software and IT support) costs are amortized among many users and therefore lower.
• Software licensing and upgrade fees are included in monthly fees.
• Fees are incremental and based upon variable usage eliminating waste from seasonality or shrinkage.
• Less capital is tied up in non-revenue producing IT equipment.