Moving communications and collaboration tools to the cloud is predetermined and unavoidable for the modern business. Studies on businesses’ cloud strategy have discovered:
- 80% of all IT budgets will be committed to cloud solutions in 15 months.
- 73% of companies are planning to move to a fully software-defined data center within the next two years.
- 42% of all companies have moved their communications/collaboration to the cloud.
- Enterprises are planning to invest an average $3.5M on cloud apps, platforms and services.
Research consistently points out the benefits of moving from on-premise solutions to a cloud-based platform. Cost savings top the list of reasons, with the cloud eliminating the need for expensive on-site equipment and maintenance.1 This is closely followed by reliability, thanks to redundant data centers, ease of use and faster deployments; improved security, and smoother upgrades.
Although this is a general description of the benefits of cloud solutions, it’s important to consider that not all cloud solutions are the same. Therefore, the advantages business hope to receive from switching from an on-premise system to a cloud solution can vary greatly.
This is based on how their vendor deploys their platform, and whether or not they’re able to deploy a true cloud solution.
