On the surface a lot of cloud accounting applications can sound very similar. Nearly all will help you track your business transactions, evaluate your business performance and prepare a budget, but what an application can do is only part of what should be considered when moving your business into the cloud.
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS – what does it all mean for small businesses? Loryan Strant is decoding the lingo around cloud computing, to help businesses decide which solution is right for them.
Cloud computing might be the technology buzz word of the moment, but many SMBs still don’t understand what it means for them. Here we take a look at cloud computing, minus the jargon.
Cloud computing isn’t new, having been in use by big business for decades in some form or another. Now the technology is readily accessible to SMBs, you need to separate fact from fiction to understand the benefits it can deliver to your business.
Why pay for cloud services when giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft are offering space in the cloud for free? Loryan Strant looks at the pros and cons of using free cloud services.
Marketing has succeeded in spreading the word about cloud computing, but very few people can explain what the cloud actually represents or what it means to them. Here’s the questions you should be asking your service provider, to ward off any grey clouds on the horizon.
A Google boss talks about how technology at work is undergoing a fundamental shift into more flexible, collaborative, online ways of working.
You’re only as strong as your weakest point, and as more employees start bringing their devices to work to help their productivity, it can also be a point of concern from a security perspective.
In the second of a two-part guest article series, OBTs Shane Muller looks at the questions people don’t think of asking cloud providers, but should.
In the first of a two-part guest article series, OBTs Shane Muller looks at the obvious questions people should be asking when choosing a cloud service provider.
