Cloud Services for your Business
If you have always feared losing your data and important business information in the event of a fire, theft, hacking or other incident, it’s time to move your business to the virtual cloud. Unlike traditional hosting, cloud services deliver hosted services over the Internet. Thus, apart from ensuring safekeeping of your data and information on a virtual server on the cloud, such services also allow easy access to your employees on the go - from anywhere and at anytime. A cloud can be either public or private. While anybody on the Internet can use public cloud services (like Amazon Web Services), private cloud services cater to a limited clientele.
When it comes to cloud storage, you can save a great deal of money. Unlike physical servers that are expensive to maintain, cloud storage is affordable and makes accessing, sharing, syncing and updating, files—usually from any device— fast and simple.
Here are 3 cloud services, which if used judiciously, can make your work easier:
Crashplan: If you want to back up your information and data securely to multiple locations, this service which has no storage limits is your ideal bet. Apart from backing up your computer every day, Crashplan even saves files from all external drives that are attached to your machine. This service is available for Windows, Mac, Open Solaris, and Linux. Apart from free plans, paid plans are available, which are worth $24.99/year (CrashPlan+ 10GB), $49.99/year (CrashPlan+ Unlimited), and $119.99/year (CrashPlan+ Family Unlimited).
Google Drive: Despite being one of the newest entrants on the block, the service of Google Drive goes beyond simply storing your files. You can share files and work in partnership with anyone using Google Drive. Apart from easy access to the built-in Google Docs, you can also enjoy Gmail and Google+ integration with this service. You can start for free with 5GB, and upgrade to 25 GB or 100GB for $2.49 and $4.99 per month respectively.
Carbonite: This service helps in backing up your data automatically, by offering step by step direction to restore files accurately where they were earlier. You can use this program to access your files from anywhere and even use devices like your iPhone, Android, iPad, or BlackBerry to access information on the go. Windows and Mac users can choose from three Carbonite plans, all of which come with unlimited storage, and start at $59/year. Plans for small businesses start at just $229/year.
Apart from these services, there are many others worth checking like
So, depending on the nature of your business, select from these cloud services to streamline your business processes and work fast as well as effectively.