Monday, December 1, 2014

Cloud Services: Basics for Newbie Users

If your business deals with a large amount of data on a daily basis—such as customer information—you probably discouraged employees to save on their local drives years ago. Most of today’s local drives only have a capacity of 4 TB, which is often not enough. In addition, saving a large amount of data locally can cause some computers to slow down since free hard drive space helps programs to operate efficiently.

Perhaps you have opted for a server which has a maximum capacity of over 200 TB. You’ve positioned this server in the far end of the office, where a dedicated IT professional monitors it as needed. The problem with a local server, however, is that when it fails due to a sudden power outage, you are likely to lose your data.

This is where you can benefit from storing your business data online with the help of cloud service providers. With this option, your employees can save all the necessary data without having to worry about capacity restrictions on their local hard drives or servers.


Another advantage of storing business data via cloud services is that you’re assured of business continuity. Remember, there are certain areas which are prone to natural disasters like earthquakes. When an earthquake strikes, commercial structures are likely to be affected, resulting in toppled buildings and ruined office equipment. With cloud services, your operations can continue in an offsite facility because you can access the data from any location.

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