Businesses have been taking advantage of the cloud for some time now, and nine out of ten businesses operating today are using the cloud’s capabilities in some way or another. We feel confident enough to say that the future will certainly involve cloud hosting. Let’s look at some of the statistics and business trends to see how far the cloud has come, and how you could be taking advantage of it if you aren’t already.
However, this wasn’t always the case. For quite some time, the assumption was that the cloud simply wasn’t a viable option for business use. Hardware manufacturers saw it as a fad, stating that it didn’t have the security or reliability to last. While we certainly know differently today, business use of the cloud was limited to email hosting for a long time.
Those businesses that did take advantage of the cloud, like those using Amazon Web Services, quickly saw the benefits that using the cloud had to offer. Nowadays, businesses are using the cloud in various ways, either as a subscription-based service that provides data storage, access to software, and/or raw computing power, or hosting a personal cloud onsite for similar reasons. Some businesses do both, as we’ll go over in a moment.
Because of this, the cloud is one of the most relied-on technologies for today’s businesses. Predictions place the cloud computing market’s worldwide value at over $620 billion by year’s end.
While it may seem that, with all of the functionality that the cloud offers, there would be millions of different ways to set it up. Fortunately, the reality is much simpler: there are three.
In essence, the relatively limited deployment options the cloud enables can be customized and adjusted to precisely fit the needs that a business may have. This is a big part of why businesses use the cloud to fulfill so many critical business needs and operations, including:
Indeed, the cloud has become integral to a modern business’ operational success, while potentially serving as a cost-saving measure. If you’d like to learn more about what the cloud can help you accomplish with our help, call us at (954) 834-2800 today.
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