Monday 01 February 2010
Into the Cloud
The rise in the excitement surrounding cloud computing over the past year or so has prompted business owners to review how their data is stored. More companies are happy to send their data to a new home in the cloud, wherever that might be.
Cloud computing is rapidly gaining momentum and becoming more readily accepted by others than the IT specialists. Cloud computing service providers deliver business programmes online, while the software and all the company’s data are stored on remote servers.
In the business world usage of this technology is predicted to grow rapidly. Estimates vary but experts say that the growth in this sector will be tenfold by 2013.
The benefits to businesses are the availability of flexible and low cost IT. Cloud computing is particularly attractive to new entrants in the market as the economic difficulties of the last two years has brought its financial advantages to the fore. Business owners can see the benefits of removing the need to invest capital in on site structures.
If you go down this route you need to be happy that your data is as secure as it would be on your own premises. If outsourcing some of your data or putting into the cloud, you should go and find out what security measures the service provider has put in place.
As soon as a company’s data leaves the confines of its own IT structure, the potential is there for it to get into the wrong hands. So you need to introduce an element of the real world to gain a level of comfort and confidence that your data is secure. Just as with any outsourced service, you need to trust the people that are handling your business. At the end of the day, if data gets lost it is still your responsibility and liability.
So weigh up the financial benefits of being able to save a lot of capital expenditure in developing your own infrastructure, against the loss of your close control. Are you a worrier?
You will always reap the benefits of emerging technology and innovation if you have justifiable faith in the service providers.
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