5 BENEFITS OF A CLOUD SERVER OVER AN OFFICE SERVER

Why move to the cloud? There are plenty of good reasons, but mainly it makes good business sense. You can call it efficiency, or call it doing more with less. But whichever spin you prefer, cloud computing lets you focus on what’s important: your business.

The time for the traditional dedicated server has passed. New revolutionary server virtualization and cloud computing technologies deliver Cloud Servers that perform and behave exactly like a dedicated server. However, cloud servers are more reliable, scalable, offer more management features, and simply cost less.

Here are 5 advantages of shifting to a cloud server.

1. Zero capital costs

When you run your own servers, you’re looking at up-front capital costs. But in the world of cloud-computing, financing that capital investment is someone else’s problem.

No need for exorbitant hardware capital. You don’t need to drop thousands of dollars on a server or networking hardware. You also don’t need cash up front required to buy a server, applications, and operating system – only a monthly fee where you “pay for what you use” –often this is per seat (per employee). Cloud servers perform the same functions as office servers but are often a much smarter and more cost-effective approach.

2. You and your employees can access the server from any Internet connected location.

You will need a reliable Internet connection. This means that when your Internet is down, you may not have access to the server from your office. But, since your data can be accessed from any location, all you need to do is find a location with an internet signal, then you’re good to go again – offsite or otherwise. This can provide a built-in disaster recovery plan because you are assured that even if your office location loses internet, you can still access the cloud through alternate channels.

3. Lower power costs

Cloud computing uses less electricity – that’s an inevitable result of the economies of scale: Better hardware utilisation means more efficient power use.

When you run your own data centre, your servers won’t be fully-utilized (unless yours is a very unusual organisation). Idle servers waste energy. So a cloud service provider can charge you less for energy used than you’re spending in your own data centre.

4. More predictable IT support costs, no surprise server outages and the like

For companies that don’t want to have to manage everything on-site, it offers a hosting environment controlled by an experienced provider, relieving the headaches of cooling and housing servers and related staff. This is a very desirable advantage for many small- to mid-sized firms that would rather invest capital in other ways.

5. It can be adjusted to fit your business’ needs

Cloud servers provide an easily scalable solution that can accommodate changing business needs. Regardless of the minimalism or enormity of your business needs, cloud has a perfect solution – easily adjustable. This also means that even costs may be adjusted according to your budget.