SimplyClouds Blog

Nowadays, office staff can go log in to their user account using any PC in the office. Additionally, they’re not limited to the office — they can work practically wherever they want and use all sorts of portable devices like laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Microsoft aims to help businesses leverage portable technology and secure their data with Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS). Let’s take a look at what EMS is and how it can benefit businesses like yours. [...]

More and more companies are migrating legacy data to the cloud for a variety of reasons. Chief among these reasons is the ease of access that comes with having data in the cloud. With all company data in one place that's accessible via the internet, on-site and remote employees can easily find what they need without wasting time navigating through disparate systems. [...]

To help businesses keep unauthorized users out of their apps and IT resources while allowing authorized users to fulfill their tasks, Microsoft built Azure Identity and Access Management (Azure IAM). Azure IAM is a set of cybersecurity solutions that include conditional access policies, ID management, multifactor authentication (MFA), and advanced monitoring, reporting, auditing, and suspicious activity alerts.

This set of solutions provides businesses with numerous benefits. Let’s take a closer look at some of the more important ones in this blog post. [...]

If you’re running a restaurant, you would do your best to avoid food spoilage. You’d also want to prepare orders properly so they don’t get sent back to the kitchen by unsatisfied diners. Waste erodes profit, so you want to minimize waste as much as possible.

This mentality should be the same when businesses use cloud services. Surely, you save money by leveraging a cloud provider’s servers and staff instead of having these in house. However, if you’re not careful, you may lose your initial savings and even overspend on the cloud. The good news is that these outcomes are avoidable. Here are tips to ensure that you make the most of your cloud spending. [...]

Many companies still rely on traditional business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) methods like tape backup and off-site storage. While these methods are effective, they also have their drawbacks. This is why cloud computing can be a valuable addition to your Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan, offering many benefits that traditional methods cannot match.

In this blog post, we will discuss the benefits of using the cloud for BCDR and how it can help keep your business running in times of crisis. [...]

Cloud computing grants businesses like yours access to vast amounts of processing power and data storage. But did you know that it also helps your organization become more environmentally sustainable? Let’s take a look at some of the ways it can do so. [...]