New cloud technology is here. Microsoft is ‘all in’, Google always has
been and IBM is plowed into cloud services through LotusLive. Independents
like Cobweb and Rackspace (who provide 1.7 million business users with cloud
email and storage have been making large amounts out of this for a while.
The cloud means massive savings for all businesses on hardware and software.
Some of the biggest companies are taking these savings and ploughing them
into more (expensive) technology like iPads for employees so they are always
on the same hub. Some companies provide these solutions for big business and
they come at a premium.
Large details of this nature make a lot of money for providers.
Unfortunately, this means smaller businesses (not necessarily financially but
based on number of employees) are left behind as such companies believe there
is not enough profit in providing ... (more)