With millions of articles and blog posts (including our own, right here) you’d be forgiven to think that cloud computing is a staple for every small business. It’d have been easy to believe that it’s the best answer for a start-up or a small company looking to work like a big company but with small costs associated with such assets.
As such, it'd have been obvious for small & medium businesses to take the plunge and invest without a second thought.
Yet, it isn’t. While hard drives fail, computers don’t work, laptops get stolen, and networks can be ransacked, not all businesses take to the cloud.
For some businesses, the data they store holds the key to survival. Hence backup is so important today. But it’s not looking as good as it should. Here are some things we’d like to see, but we still aren’t:
Small Businesses, On the Cloud Now
Ideally, we at Network Pro, believe that every startup should have “Cloud Backup” – and possibly every thing associated with cloud such as “Cloud email”, “Cloud-based services and tools” in their startup checklist. Given today’s scenario, it’s foolishness to not to have a cloud on your head. Even individuals use the cloud for their personal use, so businesses ideally should.
At least one business process should get on the cloud. More than half of the tools and services should be cloud-based. This brings down the operating costs of a business tremendously. Yet, businesses invest in infrastructure, datacenters, and create custom solutions and applications when they could plug into existing ones.
Adopting Cloud Backup when in Formative Years
It’s funny that a business spends all of its possible profits or precious startup capital on capital-intensive infrastructure or staff when it’s in the formative years – the early stages or the startup stage. As business grows, sense prevails and then a major “jettisoning” phase begins.
Building everything up only to see it crash isn’t a smart thing to do. That’s why “To know is almost to succeed”. Knowing about cloud backups and the availability of data recovery services, there’s no reason to invest to disinvest later. Just plug in to what’s available for your business while starting up. If you do business, have data, and use infrastructure – you ought to include cloud backup, right from the start.
The party is on, with or without you
According to Gartner, the cloud computing market is set to grow at a scorching pace. The market is pegged to grow at a whopping 20% per year and is slated to be a $109 billion industry. Just for comparison, it was only at $91.4 billion in the 2011. Gartner also predicts that the market will be worth $206.6 billion by the time we celebrate the New Year for 2016.
This growth is staggering and technology has its benefits. The cloud brings a lot to the table for businesses and the party is on. You may waltz in and reap the benefits, of course.
Do you use Cloud backup for your business? What do you think about it?
