What are Cloud Services?
Cloud services are infrastructure, platforms, or software that are hosted by third-party providers and made available to users through the internet.
These services are designed to provide easy, affordable access to applications and resources, without the need for internal infrastructure or hardware. From checking email to collaborating on documents, most employees use cloud services throughout the workday, whether they’re aware of it or not.
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing offers your business many benefits. It allows you to set up what is essentially a virtual office to give you the flexibility of connecting to your business anywhere, any time. With the growing number of web-enabled devices used in today's business environment (e.g. smartphones, tablets), access to your data is even easier. There are many benefits to moving your business to the cloud:
Reduced IT costs
Moving to cloud computing may reduce the cost of managing and maintaining your IT systems. Rather than purchasing expensive systems and equipment for your business, you can reduce your costs by using the resources of your cloud computing service provider. You may be able to reduce your operating costs because:
- There are fewer time delays.
- The cost of system upgrades, new hardware and software may be included in your contract.
- You no longer need to pay wages for expert staff.
- Your energy consumption costs may be reduced.
- Data security: Hardware failures do not result in data loss because of networked backups.
Business Continuity
Protecting your data and systems is an important part of business continuity planning. Whether you experience a natural disaster, power failure or other crisis, having your data stored in the cloud ensures it is backed up and protected in a secure and safe location. Being able to access your data again quickly allows you to conduct business as usual, minimising any downtime and loss of productivity.
Scalability
Your business can scale up or scale down your operation and storage needs quickly to suit your situation, allowing flexibility as your needs change. Rather than purchasing and installing expensive upgrades yourself, your cloud computer service provider can handle this for you. Using the cloud frees up your time so you can get on with running your business.
Top third Party Cloud Services
KBelen IT Services work with the following the top cloud services provider:
- Microsoft Office 365.
- Microsoft Azure.
- Amazon AWS.
- Google Cloud.
- Alibaba Cloud.
- Oracle Cloud.