To the small and medium enterprises cloud computing application splashing cold water

If cloud computing has brought benefits to IT departments in large enterprises, it can be considered a god-given gift to small and medium-sized enterprises. In the past, small businesses lacked human resources and IT budgets were tight, and the productivity benefits of that kind of multimillion-dollar IT equipment were really far-reaching dreams for them. Nowadays, cloud computing has sent them a large enterprise-class Technology, and very low up-front costs, upgrade is also very convenient.

There is no doubt about the importance of this emerging trend, but it is still just the beginning of a series of changes. Cloud computing will not only smooth the advantages and disadvantages caused by the size of the enterprise gap, but also most likely to change the advantages and disadvantages of easy to master. Simply put, the most powerful and most innovative technologies in the world today are no longer unique to large businesses. Cloud computing gives every average person access to top IT at a fraction of the cost.

As cloud computing matures, we'll see that small businesses will become more dependent on cloud computing for more and more technology needs, while the cost and complexity of their internal IT infrastructure will decrease.

"We are moving toward an era of IT outsourcing and, undoubtedly, SMBs will be more aggressive in meeting this trend than large enterprises," Warren asserted.

The above text excerpt from "Information Weekly"

For the above point of view, we can look at both positive and negative aspects. In a positive sense, cloud computing can really help SMEs save money and achieve information technology. But from another point of view, this view is not entirely correct.

Currently, for SMEs, not all cloud computing is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Cloud computing is divided into internal and external cloud. Currently, it is obvious that external cloud can help small and medium-sized enterprises. Internal cloud is for SMEs Say absolutely is a hopeless, more inaccessible thing, the reason is very simple, small and medium-sized enterprises not so much money to build internal cloud. So it seems a bit sloppy that cloud computing is best for SMBs, and it seems more appropriate to correct it as "the external cloud is best for SMEs."

There may be friends here to see where I will say I am biting, people feel more acid. It does not matter, here we come to the point, say what indicators SMEs should consider for the external cloud.

For the small and medium-sized businesses, it's nice to be able to build a data center without having to pay a huge sum of money with services provided by an external cloud. However, the solution of an old problem usually brings about some newly derived problems. SMEs also need to consider some new problems for external cloud computing services. We say that it is necessary to give some cold water to the cloud computing applications of SMEs. In fact, It is necessary to point out where you need attention so that you can better implement the cloud computing project.

Question one, cloud computing service provider's network is stable

Due to the system provided by the cloud computing service provider, the stability of the service platform provided by the cloud computing service provider is the first step to be considered. Imagine your business thinking that your business is in its peak season but that the online sales system provided by your external cloud suddenly collapsed. Although you can find service providers claim, but the number of claims how appropriate? Can you measure the damage caused in this area? So, for SMEs, stability is the cloud computing platform of choice to be the first concern.

Question two, cloud computing service provider's platform is safe

Cloud computing platform security is also crucial. If the platform provided by the cloud computing service provider is not very strict in terms of security, the platform is hacked into a Trojan horse and the important data of the enterprise is lost. What to do? Due to the weak foundation of SMEs, if you lose important sales data or technical documents, it is likely to cause a fatal blow to SMEs.

Question three, cloud computing services provided by service providers At present, for small and medium enterprises, the most common cloud computing services may be SaaS. However, SaaS is a product, such a product can meet the individual needs of the enterprise is still a problem. Even if the service provider can provide some customized services for enterprise users, the content of customization is also limited.

It is true that if the concept of cloud computing is implemented well, it can indeed solve practical problems for many users. However, due to the derivation of many new problems, the cloud computing has not fully landed in China. In spite of this, we still advise users to try cloud computing. Although we have just said a lot of problems that cloud computing may bring, the cloud computing is the future trend of development. As long as you use cloud computing and service providers before a detailed analysis, we believe you will certainly appreciate the benefits of cloud computing.

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