Recent LogicMonitor’s survey results presented by Forbes magazine revealed that worldwide public cloud service revenue is expected to reach US$331.2
billion by 2022.
It’s not surprising, as in recent years we have been observing significant growth in cloud computing. The cloud has already managed to change key business attributes for most industries, including business models, revenue channels, and workload, and it’s still growing in popularity.
Why Do So Many Companies Decide on Cloud Migration?
There are a great many arguments in support of companies migrating to the cloud.
First, stakeholders are attracted to the reduced costs made possible by the cloud, as providers promise to lower operating costs by charging only for the used capacity.
Second, cloud hosting enables companies to run their software infrastructure more efficiently and scale it in case of any business change.
Third, the cloud application can be accessed at any time and from anywhere, using only an internet connection.
One more huge reason companies migrate to the cloud without hesitation is simplicity. It is far easier to contract professionals in the field and get high-quality services than try to build a similar solution on your own. Cloud systems are highly complex and require on-time maintenance and dedicated staff, but not every enterprise has the budget for it.
The above reasons for investing in cloud migration are all very compelling, but on top of them, we would like to highlight five more reasons companies are moving to cloud environments.
5 Main Reasons Companies Move to the Cloud Environment
1. Cost Efficiency
The cloud is a haven for startups, which don’t have the resources to purchase expensive hardware and don’t have a clear understanding of future demand. The flexible payment models of cloud providers are based on a pay-per-use approach, allowing companies to save money by paying only for what they use. However, some experts say redundancy often occurs. Cloud solutions not only conserve funds, but increase revenue, according to Dell.
“Сompanies that invest in big data, cloud, mobility, and security enjoy up to 53% faster revenue growth than their competitors.”
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2. Reliability
When your datacenters are located in-house, it’s imperative to create a disaster recovery strategy to properly address any unexpected problems or setbacks you may encounter. Without a disaster recovery strategy you won’t be able to ensure business continuity. With an effective strategy you can make sure any system collapse won’t last long and the disruption to the system will be minimal.
Cloud service providers are experts in keeping their environments working seamlessly, so you don’t have to worry about disaster recovery. On top of this, all data can be mirrored at multiple redundant sites on the cloud service provider’s network, which reduces the likelihood of losing it to close to zero, unlike desktop computing, in which a hard disk crash can destroy all data completely. Power failures, viruses, fire accidents, and mechanical damage to hard drives are the main causes leading to data loss.
Blog hosting service JournalSpace closed because of users’ data loss due to either OS failure or human error. Unfortunately, they didn’t have backups, so every blogger who hosted their site on the platform lost their data too. The sad reality is that it can take only a minute for a six-year-old business to be completely destroyed.
3. Global Scale
Cloud solutions give you exactly the amount of resources you need at any given moment. You can increase the number of app users from 20 to 2,000 in one hour and the system will continue to perform on the previous level, providing more computing power, storage, and bandwidth from the right geographic location.
In contrast, if you need to increase the bandwidth for an on-premises system, you’ll need to upgrade the infrastructure; that entails a full-fledged software development project, and it’ll take time, manpower, and money. According to a survey by InformationWeek, one of the major reasons for a business to move to a cloud is the ability to meet business demands quickly.
4. Productivity
Another difficulty of on-premises hosting is the need to carefully manage the project. This means a lot of work for IT teams, including hardware setup and software patching. When using cloud services, however, you can leave most of “racking and stacking” tasks to the cloud provider, freeing up in-house IT teams to spend their time on more critical tasks.
One more point that has a positive influence on software productivity is fewer bloated programs hogging your computer memory, as most of them are placed within cloud infrastructure. Thanks to cloud solutions, not only do your IT teams work faster, but so does the software itself.
5. Ultimate Access
When your employees work remotely, on-premise hosting doesn’t work, while cloud works perfectly an unlimited access anywhere and anytime. It enables collaborative work for teams with traveling sales staff, freelancers and remote employees.
Extra point
According to the IDC Industry CloudPath 2019 top reasons companies move to cloud are software modernization, lack of agility and new data center requirements.
As you can see, the cloud undoubtedly has many considerable advantages. Why, then, are there still companies that are not willing to migrate to the cloud as soon as possible? Read 4 roadblocks on the way to the cloud that should be considered to discover the reasons.
Originally published at https://modlogix.com on December 24, 2019.
