Cloud computing — that facility for outsourcing data processing — has been key to many cost efficiencies that businesses have been leveraging for a couple of years now. And because it enables organizations to make sense of huge volumes of data in a short amount of time, the cloud is also changing how operators manage their businesses. [...]
When executed correctly, coordinating the efforts of interdependent departments such as procurement, inventory, marketing, customer relations, sales, distribution, and human resources means having an edge over less efficient competitors. This drive for efficiency led to enterprise resource planning (ERP) — the stitching together of separate management schemes into an integrated whole via enterprise-wide software. [...]
Most people don’t realize that servers are often the most underused computers in a business. In the case of smaller companies with their own in-house IT infrastructures, a server often runs only one operating system and uses only a fraction of its available processing power to manage things like the company email. It's not uncommon to set up an entirely separate server for another solution, like network storage or hosting the company website, which is an inefficient use of hardware. [...]
While cloud backups are a dime a dozen, not all are created equal. You need an easy-to-use solution that will safely store all your business data and recover everything quickly when needed. Keep these things in mind when shopping for a cloud backup solution. [...]
Creating cloud policies will help you detect risky behaviors, suspicious activities, and violations from users. Even better, there are various policy-based remediation tools that can be integrated to help you mitigate risk quickly. [...]
