Get your business ahead in the cloud

Cloud computing? No, it's not the new weather prediction system from the Met Office, but a highly efficient way of organising your business' IT!

Instead of paying for costly software and licences you do your work through an internet connection. Whether it's email, word processing, spreadsheets - whatever your business needs, it's there in the cloud.

Hang on though - how much does this cost? If it's over the internet how secure is it?

Because your computer desktop is on the internet, you might be concerned that it's not secure. Well rest assured that your documents are not only secure, but also constantly backed up - which is a definite plus over the traditional PC way of doing things. At onebyte we don’t' just back up once though, we back up twice... in separate locations!

The cost of working in the cloud is cheaper than buying all the programs you need individually (and don't forget that your costs don't normally end with the purchasing of software: there's licences, upgrades, updates, maintenance - the list can go on and on). You also get more storage and, because your computer isn't weighed down with files and documents, it works quicker as well!

The benefits of cloud computing don't end there though. Because you work over the internet, you can log in to work on any machine, anywhere there's an internet connection. But possibly the biggest benefit, particularly if you're a small company, is that cloud computing can provide a slicker and more secure way of working than you would be able to cost-effectively be able to do yourself. Couple this with the peace of mind and time you gain from not having to worry about your IT and you start to get the picture.

In fact, they should have called it sunshine computing - maybe we'll put that to Michael Fish next time we see him...