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THE CLOUD MADE CLEAR : WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE UP YOUR IT
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Talking cloud means talking business . By now you ’ ve definitely heard of the cloud . In our home lives , we store our stuff “ in the cloud ”; and we know that it ought to be simpler , safer and smarter .
But as a finance professional , it would be nice if someone put “ the cloud ” into business terms instead of technical terms . We ’ re going to do that right here .
We all know how to use computers and the software they run . For finance professionals , Excel is a good example : it ’ s like a comfy armchair – the go-to software that we ’ re all happy with .
We all have files on our computers , too . Sometimes they got lost or stolen , and that was a problem . So companies invested in servers and security to keep files safe and share them within the business .
But the cloud philosophy says : instead of computer effort happening on all our individual devices , now that we ’ re all connected to the internet , why not do computer work remotely ?
That sounds complicated , but in business terms , it ’ s exactly what every CFO is looking for
• Efficiency : Efficiency means everyone doing what they ’ re best at . In the words of TechRadar , “ Because cloud providers tend to be highly specialised , they can heavily invest in doing one thing well and with high-quality materials .” In the cloud , you no longer have to maintain software , run it or secure it . All that is handled by people somewhere else , people who do that sort of thing 24 / 7 ; so with the cloud , you don ’ t need such a huge IT overhead . p PRESENTED BY
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