Regardless of the drivers, the number one concern about going to the cloud is security. Customers want to know moving from on-premises (most popular deployment) to cloud hosted solutions - what is safer on-premises or in the cloud?
Organizations leveraging the hosted model, like Epicor Eagle Hosting, benefit from automated nightly backups, ongoing software updates, around-the-clock server monitoring and extensive protection from viruses, malware and other threats. Users benefit knowing their data resides in a PCI compliant datacenter that is designed and operated to maintain high levels of security by experts, us! This would hopefully provide “peace-of-mind” knowing your data is 24/7 secured rather than “hugging” or sitting in a locked internal server room somewhere in the building.
Further, data shows that cloud services help small business grow. Gartner research director Sandy Shen notes, "SMBs should investigate cloud-based POS solutions to understand how they can enhance their business operations not only in streamlining daily operations, but also in attracting and engaging customers." (Source: Gartner, Inc., "Market Guide for Cloud-Based Mobile POS for SMBs," by Sandy Shen-June 17, 2014).
Now you know the trends and security- let's talk about why people want to move to the cloud.
While the cloud is working for you- you can better use your personnel, money and other resources. Most of all, ability to focus on your customers and your business- some to highlight below:
- Save money, move capital to expense
- Increase collaborations anywhere
- Provide business flexibility and scalability
- Better disaster recovery
- Better security than you actually have on-premises
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