8 Key Benefits of Cloud Services
The Cloud. It's big. It's growing fast.
And it's set to become a driving force of tomorrow's business. How so?
First off, it's useful to bear in mind that the "Cloud" is not a single physical entity but an extensive worldwide network of remote servers, each dedicated to specific functions. Thanks to this architecture, IT services that were traditionally hosted in-house can be made available anywhere in the world over an Internet connection - no need for locally installed software.
Some cloud services provide data storage (think iCloud or Google Drive), others offer access to web-based software (such as Microsoft Office 365) or even entire online platforms with multiple tools, databases and other components, such as Symphony. (More on this "as a service" concept in a future post.)
With cloud computing technology progressing in leaps and bounds, this new-found flexibility, agility and economy holds some amazing benefits. What are they? Well, let's take a look at eight of them (we'll explore some potential pitfalls and ways to avoid them in future posts).
Take the door communication solution of Commend Symphony, Commend's platform that "lives" in the Cloud and acts as a hub for various security and communication tools, components and applications.
Benefit #1: Central management of global infrastructures
Benefit #2: Easy deployment of security updates and new functions
Benefit #3: Full-scale platform updates in the background
Benefit #4: (Almost) unlimited scalability
Benefit #5: Instant universal accessibility
Benefit #6: No need for in-house IT management
Benefit #7: Full compliance with ISO 27001
Benefit #8: Compliance with data privacy regulations
Obviously, as with all computer technologies, the cloud's flexibility comes with certain risks that need to be addressed. The good news is that there are effective ways of mitigating or eliminating relevant risks and threats. This will be the topic of our upcoming posts on cloud IT security.
