6 key reasons to move to the Cloud and Google Applications by AppsCare

A move to the cloud, reduces cost, empowers team collaboration, improves communication, and eliminates infrastructure costs, during enhancing security and improving reliability.London, UK 17 May 2012

The importance of cloud computing

Forbes recognise the importance of cloud computing. Here are 6 reasons why businesses should take advantage of the cloud and Google Apps for Business.

AppsCare lowered Dolby Medical's total IT costs dramatically by delivering Google Apps at just £33 per user per year. The enormity of Google’s infrastructure enables costs to be absorbed which makes Google Apps for Business a cost effective solution, just in case to the features and functionality which are unrivalled by competitors. Google are the first major cloud provider to eliminate maintenance windows from their service level agreement. Google achieved 99.99% up time, equating to 43 minutes total downtime in the last 12 months.

Reduce costs No in-house maintenance is required just the same businesses all in all benefit from the latest tools and systems. Google notes that employees adapt far better to a continuous stream of small manageable improvements or rather than large disruptive batches of change, which reduces change-management challenges with a much improved user experience.

The first 12 months of ownership

One in ten laptops are stolen within the first 12 months of ownership, evenly high numbers of employees report losing sensitive company data on memory sticks, this is not the case with cloud computing as you have secure access to your data, where ever you are.

The move to cloud is the most significant shift in innovation for over 30 years. It is as inevitable and irreversible as was the move for Steam power to Electricity.