Home topics technology Cloud Tech Cloud Cloud computing, who’s doing it? Gerald Chait June 26, 2012 Accounting is just one of the software programs you can take into the cloud, and a major one for small businesses. Here’s how some SMBs are using it. Over the last couple of years, cloud computing has become a hotly discussed topic. A countless number of applications and software programs that can operate online, on any device, have become available and more are being offered all the time. Small businesses are certainly primed to benefit from cloud technology . It offers more agility, greater flexibility and improves how information is shared with stakeholders. One of the most vital tools for any SMB is accounting software, and many businesses throughout Australia have benefited enormously from moving their accounting software into the cloud. Comtek NQ is a regional electronics installation business in North Queensland that services an area than spans 350km. The owner, Jim Lennox, says he could travel up to three-and-a-half hours in a day. Last year, he took an interest in online accounting because he wanted an easier way of working with files when he was in and out of the office. Easier out on the road “There has been once or twice in the past when I brought home the company file, worked on it offline and then took the wrong file back to the office. Being 64kms from home, you can probably imagine how frustrating this was,” said Lennox, who recently moved