Migration Solutions for the cloud

There’s been much talk about the cloud as the best solution for meeting today’s changing needs of technology in the industry. Though most IT Directors are advocates of moving to the cloud not everyone’s heads are in the clouds.

For many, moving away from on-premise storage and access is a bit unsettling. Data security and privacy is high on the list of concerns. Their concerns about service providers stem from possible use of data, ownership and regulation.

With the new Microsoft data center opening in Canada in 2016, many of these concerns will likely fade and schools will discover that cloud migration is a necessary step. Some advantages of the Cloud:

The cloud helps your budget

Cloud solution requires minimal capital investment so when budgets are tight, using the cloud to increase storage is ideal. With the subscription model, you pay only for what you need and use on a monthly basis. On the financial side, what would have been considered a capital expenditure now becomes an operational expense which is easier to accommodate and approve.

The cloud helps your business scale up

If budget is limited and you want to launch a new software program, you can tackle it in bite sized forms as a pilot program hosted on the cloud and expand as needed and as budget allows.

The cloud lets you control access

With a cloud solution, employees and clients can have untethered access to systems and resources anytime. There’s no need to be in the office to access files or programs from a server.

The cloud fosters collaboration

The cloud allows you to collaborate easily by auto syncing documents reducing the need to save various versions which often cause confusion and duplication of work.

The cloud lets you deploy new IT initiatives easily

If you plan to roll out new software or perform an upgrade, installations and upgrades are completed at a fraction of the time with less labour involved.