Small to mid-size businesses add much value to the communities they serve. They bolster economies, employ citizens, provide goods and services, and beautify Main Streets all over the country. Do you own a small business? If so, we salute you. Do you use cloud technology solutions to support the operations for that business? After all, just because your business is …
Move HR to the Cloud and See the Difference: 5 Reasons to Switch
Businesses are switching to the cloud faster than you can say, “I hate my filing cabinet,” and for good reason. Cloud technology can significantly improve a broad range of business processes. From the back office to the front desk, cloud technology is transforming the way we work–for the better. Take human resources. HR is seeing significantly positive results from switching …
How Software and the Cloud Will Change Business Technology
Business today is all about digital transformation. And if your’s isn’t, it should be. Now, that said, if your’s isn’t you’re also not alone. As HBR.com reports in a recent article, there’s a new digital divide opening up in America. While nearly every “individual, company and sector of the economy now has access to digital technologies — there are hardly …
UXaaS: The Role of Discovery and Design in Great Business Applications #MWC16
Today it seems like there’s an application for everything, and the moment we find that there isn’t an app for something, we just go ahead and build it. Beyond just a reflection of our behavior as device users, what is really happening here is a glut of applications that are coming out to solve every need for every person with …
Help for CIOs Who Struggle With Cloud Computing
CIOs pride themselves on solving some of today’s most difficult technology issues, and cloud computing is definitely at the top of that list. The cloud presents a unique challenge because public and hybrid cloud solutions often utilize customized variables for their specific needs. Today’s CIO must focus on empowering employees, vendors, and customers with the necessary tools for a positive …
Cloud, Mobility, Security, and Big Data: The Big Four for Business Growth [Study]
Companies failing to make a strategic investment in technology in key areas of their business may be missing out on opportunities for growth as a consequence. That’s one of the key findings from a recent report that suggests that it’s not just operational efficiencies that investment in technology can offer, but also impressive increases in revenue growth rates. This suggestion …
Cloud Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage for Small Business
Cloud technology levels the playing field between small business and larger competitors. For the first time in my history, and probably the history of the business world, geography and a lack of resources aren’t confining small and medium sized businesses to a certain space, and bigger operations can’t implement change at a rate fast enough to remain viable amongst smaller, …
Six Cloud Encryption Tips to Put in Place Now
Cloud computing and hybrid cloud have offered organizations an incredible leg up when it comes to data management and storage capabilities. As a result, the adoption of cloud technology by businesses of all sizes continues to increase. With that adoption, however, comes many considerations, perhaps the most important of which is risk versus reward. In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity risks …
To Cloud or Not to Cloud: That is the Compliance Question
Some companies have embraced cloud technology with open arms, while others approach it with extreme wariness—understandably so, since for industries that handle sensitive data, cloud security risks could spell disaster. However, fear of the cloud often comes from a lack of information rather than actual risk. Companies today have the opportunity to use public, private, and hybrid cloud options, yet …
Can Hybrid Cloud Be Simply Understood?
Most people won’t make a purchase unless they understand its uses and benefits. Business leaders today use phrases common within an industry, but not always to the target market. Eventually, those words or phrases are picked up, and become the common vernacular for a product or service. Cloud is one of those words, and now “hybrid cloud” is following close …