When the cloud is mentioned, many people's hair stands on end. Indeed, this concept is figuratively speaking coming out of every box and it is no wonder that a part of the audience may have already developed a certain aversion to it. Do you want an email? Go to the cloud. Data storage? In the cloud. What about production management? Don't be silly, you can already manage everything in the cloud.
And if the reader is one of those who is sick of this concept, he or she will be disappointed in me. For I say - WE WILL NOT BE DONE. Cloud computing is not a fad that will be replaced by another collection in the fall. It's a trend, a necessity, a sensible alternative. And it's already in the area to which we, the modern people of a consumer society, are perhaps most sensitive. In the world of money.
An accountant in 2004 wiped his sweaty brow and dialed the number for the IT network administrator. Once again it didn't work and the deadline for filing VAT returns and all the reports for the insurance companies and the tax office was around the corner. The program costs an awful lot of money, he feels that the servicemen make mistakes on purpose and then charge fat fees to fix them. In addition, the update he was having installed two weeks ago brought so many unnecessary new features that it made the whole program incredibly complicated. The last thing he has time for now is learning what is actually being done where.
Does this story remind you of anything? Yes, just a few years ago we couldn't imagine ERP's anywhere else but on our own iron. Not too long ago, a company boss wouldn't admit that his accountant was working with a program that pulled and stored data from some „virtual“ space. Many still have a problem with this today, even at the cost of the high cost of their own on-premise software, associated hardware infrastructure, internal and external support staff.
Do you want quality ERP software that saves you the initial investment of purchasing and installation? Will it be up-to-date and able to grow with your business? Can get your business or start up off the ground quickly and easily? Can you use it no matter where you are? Will it guarantee 24/7 functionality? Is it secured against outside attacks better than your business because, in short, given the strength of its provider, it can afford to? And is any problem solvable without waiting for a service technician to become available? Yes, do you like it? Well then you can't be allergic to the cloud. Because these are exactly the reasons why it has become the phenomenon of today. And I'm not afraid to say that it will remain so in an increasingly sophisticated form in the future.
So cloud allergy is simply a treatable disease. It would be a shame to succumb to it...
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