With the growth of the Internet and the fact that most of the population have a form of 'always on' access. Whether it be on their mobile phone, home computer, hotel, office - pretty much anywhere gives a much wider range of options.
Cloud-based organisations are inventing online versions such as Software as a Service which involve a subcription paid per user. The great thing about this that compared to a typical office where only one server controls most of their daily items we have an internet based cluster of many servers controlling everyday items. Whether a company has 1 user of 1,000s it means that the system can scale and grow with them. No more updates, IT technical training, just a simple, standard per user fee.
This also opens up avenues from working pretty much anywhere. Having all of your office documents online means that as long as you have access to any computer with a live internet connection, those documents can be accessed immediately.
Another strong pro for 'going cloud' is that collaboration becomes very simple. Instead playing 'email ping pong' with your all important documents to send to others for review and comment you simply email your collaborators an online link whereby they can view (and edit if required) the one online document. No more confusion over file versions and say hello to be able to the ability of tracking changes by the user and reverting back to previous editions if required.
Firbanks IT recently became Google Apps authorised resellers and can talk through the pros and cons of 'going cloud' and can manage any transfer process required by importing the necessary emails, calendar, contacts, files and more. If you require any further information on either server set up then please do not hesitate to contact us by visiting our website http://www.firbanks.com
