Tierney's Office Automation Embrace Cloud Computing

May 22, 2012 - PRLog -- Cloud computing will completely change the way things are done in the next few years, on premise, traditionally licensed app are not far away from being a thing of the past. Cloud computing has a lot to offer companies whether it is communication, data sharing and storage, and other cloud computing services.

Cloud applications and cloud computing are assisting businesses and clients to decrease costs and deliver more flexibility and agility. It’s easy to figure out how much we need to spend on our IT each month by using software as a service model (SAAS). The great thing about cloud is that you can buy into the services when you need it. Scale up or down when necessary.

The Cloud is introducing new cloud applications on a regular basis. There are loads of options for small businesses to choose from. Apps that are available for such businesses are:

1.   Google apps for business
       •   Google calendar: Is a brilliant device it sends notices to your email. These can be combined with your smartphones and outlook. Information can be seen by the public over the internet. Google calendar is a very simple tool to use.
       •   Google docs: Google docs began as a basic online spread sheet and document editor. It allowed you to store documents and spread sheets online but didn’t offer as much as installed packages. This has changed very quickly by adding many features to support users. It allows people to work on documents together even if they’re on the other side of the world. It’s a practical free tool.

2.   Skype: offers businesses free internet calls, but also offers a pay as you go or subscription based plans. Skype can meet any business needs and is very trusted and dependable cloud based company.

3.   Remember the milk: online app to manage your task. When you think of a good way to spend your time managing task wouldn’t be on the top of your list. Remember the milk was set up to organise your to do list so they wouldn’t be lost of random scraps of paper. Its integrated with smartphones, web browsers and twitter.

4.   Sales Force: it’s an online app for customer relationship management. Sales force is one of the front runners in cloud apps and are growing. Everything relating sales in your small business can be managed through sales force. This Is done using a centralised “dashboard” to generate activities.

5.   Basecamp: Is a web based project management tool that assists stakeholders to update, discuss, and share whatever you can think of in a single web account. Since 2004 “ millions of people in 150,000 companies in 180 countries are managing over 8,000,000 projects.” Says basecamp.com

Most Cloud apps offer free trials. It’s important you try them out before choosing an app. By testing the app out you can choose an app that’s most rewarding for your small business.