With the growing popularity of cloud computing, many application services now available on the cloud are serious contenders to the traditional desktop applications. Here are some applications you might consider migrating to the cloud:
Email Protection
With the amount of spam increasing every day, having a third party scan your email for spam and viruses drastically improves your email filtering.
Email Delivery
There’s a whole new world of low-cost enterprise email infrastructure that have massive storage space, no annoying ads, document sharing, calendaring, archiving, and many other useful features.
CRM
CRM software can drain your business of precious money and time. Cloud applications help you make use of high-end enterprise software at reduced costs.
PBX
When you use a hosted PBX system, you don’t have to own and install PBX equipment – except for internet phones, plus you get features like one number across different geographies, multimodal access, custom toll plans and scalability.
Faxing
Yes, you can send and receive faxes without a fax machine! All you need is an email account and an Internet connection, and you can send and receive faxes as attached files.
A new environment can be challenging. Once you’ve selected what applications to move, you can then select the cloud computing model that best suits you. You also need to consider licensing, compliance and regulations, hard and soft costs, and training when switching to cloud computing.
Alliant can help you analyze your options.
