Cloud Solutions

When you think of the components for an efficient, modern workface, where do cloud-based services sit on your list?

There’s only one correct answer – the top.

As a starting point, cloud solutions offer unrivalled flexibility both in terms of access and from a pricing perspective. Products such as Dynamics 365, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, not only allow your users to sign in from anywhere but also offer flexible per-user pricing.

You also save a considerable amount of time & money with cloud solutions, as often no on-premises server is required and the product keeps itself up-to-date. This means you won’t have to:

• Pay out on the electricity to run the server
• Keep the server up-to-date
• Pay for a backup solution for the server
• Spend time managing & administrating the server
• Spend time with complicated configurations

It’s worth baring in mind that not all cloud solution offerings are the same & you’ll likely see the following acronyms used:

• SaaS, Software as a Service
  • Readily available software that’s accessible over the internet, i.e. Dropbox, Slack, vanilla Dynamics 365 & Microsoft Teams.
• PaaS, Platform as a Service
  • Platforms that allow you to perform application development, such as some of the Microsoft Azure services, Google App Engine, Microsoft Power Platform & Heroku.
• IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service
  • Cloud based infrastructure sold at a scalable level, such as Azure Virtual Machines, Rackspace, Digital Ocean & Google Compute Engine.

With all of that in-mind, you can be sure that there’s a cloud solution that works for you.