It May seems
surprising but the scope of cloud computing is much greater for SME industries
as compared to large industries since small companies are much concerned
regarding their expenditure in IT services and management as compared to large
scale industries. No, it does not mean that large industries are not worried of
their IT resources, but small companies are very much limited to their budget
for IT spending as compare to large companies. In such a scenario, cloud computing
will serve as a boon for such industries, of course security will remain a
major concern.
According to a recent
survey undertaken by freelancing site PeoplePerHour.com among 1,300 SMEs in the
United Kingdom, it was found that as many as 74% do not use
‘Cloud’ computing. What gives greater cause for concern is that 43% of
the respondents did not even know what the term “Cloud computing” means. Still
majority of small companies still maintain their old age IT assets and
investing heavy money to keep a pace with the growing technology and
requirements. This unnecessary cost not only adversely affects their bottom
line, but also hamstrings small businesses as they attempt to keep pace with an
increasingly internet-based world.
The Future of SME Cloud Computing
Most industry experts
predict that the global market for cloud technology will increase from its
current $8 billion, to approximately $14 billion by 2014. The engine for this
growth as it relates to small businesses is expected to be something referred
to in cloud parlance as SaaS – Software as a Service. Solutions like Oracle,
SAP and deployment environment will become more affordable and manageable with
the usage of cloud computing. Best of all, cloud
computing services like SaaS are available to business owners and their
employees anywhere they can find an internet connection. Sales automation solutions
providers such as salesforce has added tremendous value in the managing the
sales across verticals. Services like DropBox provides realtime access of documents
and other items while on the move and even can be shared efficiently worldwide.
Major Benefits that cloud computing brings for SMEs
are:
·
Major saving in terms of Capital Expenditure. Only internet connection
and PC or laptop with general configuration is required
·
The size of the IT infrastructure can be reduced or increased instantly
as and when required. Quiet scalable...
·
Pay only for the services being used. Need not to maintain additional IT
infrastructure which is not required very often.
·
Services can be accessed from remote location with the use of computing
device and internet. No need to wait to reach office to update the data
·
Ease of implementation and management: Without the need for
implementation of hardware and various other components which can take several
hours. You can be running your business in almost as much time as it
takes to setup a Gmail account. Also managing the infrastructure will not be at
all a matter of concern. Skill resources will be taking care of all the issues
and management all the time thereby ensuring 99.99% uptime
·
World-class infrastructure: Without much investment in IT, companies
will be using the world class IT infrastructure with best response time as
compared to local IT infrastructure.
·
Green Computing: Protect the environment with energy efficient
environment. Cloud Computing setups uses less energy than traditional data
centres which is important to many in this day and age.
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