5 Reasons to put your Head in the Clouds

5 ways that cloud hosting can benefit your business by making it more cost effective, efficient, secure and environmentally friendly.

1. Cloud Hosting is Cost Effective

You can have access to a variety of applications over the internet and don’t have the additional outlay for each individual computer unit, every computer in your office can connect remotely to a large server giving you complete access to popular shared applications without the expense.

2. Cloud Hosting is Reliable

99% up time is always a significant plus, it also has the power to avoid a disruptive server crash if your website experiences an unexpected surge.

3. Cloud Hosting is Safe

Data is shared among various servers so if the worst DOES happen, all your data won’t be lost, a little bit like keeping some of your records out of the office to safeguard against unexpected loss due to flooding or fires.

One of the main concerns about Cloud Hosting, seems to stem from the inability of businesses to be assured that their data is secure and cannot be accessed from other companies sharing the server. If you do have these concerns, please read Cloud Security: Time to Smoke Another One? by Bill Brenner for more information. Brenner praises Cloud Hosting whilst also advising caution. He believes “having the right IT training is a must, as is having a (cloud) security strategy”.

4. Cloud Hosting is Environmentally Friendly

Cloud Hosting is a more efficient, greener way of delivering a robust IT infrastructure to your business. Virtualisation is an established software technology that will significantly improve the efficiency and availability of resources and applications in your organisation. Your energy bills could be reduced by up to 80% due to the increased power efficiency of cloud hosting.

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5. Cloud Hosting gives you Unlimited Processing Power

Cloud Hosting allows you to purchase as much processing power as you need from a virtually growing data centre. The nature of cloud computing means that scaling up and down is seamless and therefore traffic surges or extra pressure on the processor won’t cause unnecessary disruptions.

For more information about Cloud Hosting or to speak to an expert in the field, please call Commensus on 0208 661 4650.