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Why Cloud Computing is a win-win situation for SMEs
Paul Byrne , CEO, ChannelCloud UK/Ireland
- Paul tells us why SMEs’ ICT systems will benefit from the availability and mobility enabled by Cloud computing, and how the platform is freshly safeguarded by a new code of practice

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Why Cloud Computing is a win-win situation for SMEs
Paul Byrne , CEO, ChannelCloud UK/Ireland
- Paul tells us why SMEs’ ICT systems will benefit from the availability and mobility enabled by Cloud computing, and how the platform is freshly safeguarded by a new code of practice

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Win-win situation

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11 Jul 2012

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For SMEs, Cloud is about avoiding the headache that IT can create - all of their technology can be taken from their premises and delivered back to them via a hosted desktop on any device
The Cloud Industry Forum has successfully developed their Code of Practice - the only entity in the UK to currently do so - to create comfort for SMEs, regulating service and delivery from employment practice to the physical storage of data
A recent case study produced by a ChannelCloud partner, highlighted reasons to move to the Cloud instead of refreshing their on-premises IT: constant availability, uniform software application and the fact that it enables international mobility
Given that Cloud both removes the need for technology to be acquired and installed, and leaves an SME with a corporate-level system, available anywhere, a CapEx vs OpEx calculation proves it to be a win-win situation
ICT has previously been a burden for SMEs, in terms of acquisition and maintenance - with the successful development of Cloud, Paul believes ICT will follow the path of electricity: we’ll consume it over a wire or a wireless network

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Paul Byrne is the CEO of ChannelCloud UK/Ireland, a Cloud Aggregator who provide a turn key Cloud offering for IT Service companies wishing to deliver complete Cloud solutions to their respective end user clients, in their own name, without having to build out their own platform.

Here, Paul talks about the ways in which Cloud Computing can benefit small and medium enterprises. Cloud enables users to access all of their technology, previously stored on increasingly bulky on-site servers, via a hosted desktop, one which is constantly accessible, available worldwide and on any device.

Paul outlines a case study conducted by Online Computing (a ChannelCloud partner) of one of their users, who cited the availability and the fact that cloud ironed out the use of different, and potentially incompatible, software throughout their systems. He adds that these myriad benefits, factored in with the decreased running costs, make cloud computing an increasingly attractive option.

Additionally, Paul highlights the Code of Practice recently developed by the Cloud Industry Forum: this codifies and makes transparent issues like staff vetting procedure and data storage, establishing regulated stability for SMEs using cloud platforms.

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Why Cloud Computing is a win-win situation for SMEs
Paul Byrne , CEO, ChannelCloud UK/Ireland
- Paul tells us why SMEs’ ICT systems will benefit from the availability and mobility enabled by Cloud computing, and how the platform is freshly safeguarded by a new code of practice