The Silver Linings Of Cloud Computing
Trying to keep up with the world’s constant improvements could be quite taxing, but it always forces you to be on your toes and look straight ahead into the brighter future we are promised. One of the more immense contributions has been The Cloud.
What is The Cloud? And have we transcended the norms that we built in our yesteryears to now function within a metaphor for the gargantuan server-farm infrastructure of the Internet?
While the answer may creep towards an affirmative “yes”, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Cloud, in the most layman of terms, is where your personal hard drive can now be stored in the vast enormity of the Internet. Gone are the days of space constraints and lack of control over data stored in your computer, and with cloud computing, the possibilities just keep getting better.
Revolutionizing Business Models
Arguably the leading benefit of cloud computing would be the increase in efficiency; services and data are both offered and retrieved now in a matter of minutes.
Utilizing and combining the guaranteed gain paves the way for new and inventive business models, propagating new propositions and suggesting a whole new stream for revenues. Companies which build entirely new business models and offer services and motions that revolve around their conventions of cloud computing are rapidly on the rise. Spotify, for example, while offering something as simple as music streaming, rely heavily on the perks of cloud computing that will allow users to have access to millions of songs before deciding which they’d like to hear.
Location, Location, Location
Now that we’ve established the readiness of which information lays available to businesses that utilise The Cloud, comes the fun and responsibility of using said information to the greatest use. Analysing key data of any information pays pivotal and ingenuous roles in client satisfaction – even if in real estate.
Relocality, a company starting out in New York, changes the game for prospective home buyers looking for suitable locations, preferably matching their hobbies and habits. It starts with analysing information from the user’s social media profiles, to read their tastes and preferences. Based on that information, Relocality offers recommendations with neighbourhoods that will offer ease and convenience that match their profiles. While not guaranteed to make moving all the smoother, it gives you an idea to just how far hyperconnectivity is willing to go.
Keeping Track
The transportation and delivery industries are about to find their workload get considerable help and assistance with FleetnexG, a cloud-based logistics solution that equips businesses with real-time data for tracking delivery.
Thousands of paperwork that come with purchase orders, and multiple trips that might be a result of human error and failed tracking are the usual orders of the day, but FleetnexG adds the necessary depth into managing your resources. Mr. Vincent Low, Director & General Manager of Business Imaging Solutions, Canon Singapore, put life into words by addressing the transformation and transition that will come in handy with the FleetnexG.
“FleetnexG combines Canon’s know-how in document imaging technology with a robust cloud-based software to address the challenges faced by these businesses in tracking and managing resources, enabling them to harness the benefits of real-time data without the daunting costs of implementation.”
Another benefit comes in the form of cost efficiency, wherein price plans are subscription-based, allowing you to pay for services only when needed.
Singapore is one of the biggest adopters of cloud technology in the Asia-Pacific, continuing its steady shift towards becoming a Smart Nation. With cloud computing’s capacity to increase productivity by cutting back on time and space, and the immediacy of data-sharing now ubiquitous, it’s a fast growing trend that SMEs across the country are adopting cloud computing as a key solution to keep up with the time and age.
Keeping up with the times and going purely digital risks the tradition and values that may have encourage business owners with their endeavours so far, but the comfort in change brought about by gizmos and services like The Cloud looks to be building bridges to a better tomorrow. They say it never is healthy to keep your head in the clouds, but perhaps times are different.