Small Business Journey to the Cloud

SMALL BUSINESS THE JOURNEY to THE CLOUD DEFINING CLOUD APPLICATIONS Instead of applications and data stored on a single computer terminal or network, cloud-based services ('cloud applications") are accessible on the Internet in the same manner as online banking and shopping, email and social networking sites. THE NUMBERS THE POPULAR TYPES OF CLOUD APPS: It is estimated that the worldwide cloud computing market is $8 billion with the U.S. market accounting for approximately ONLINE CUSTOMER SELF-SCHEDULING* 40% of that: $3.2 billion. DATA STORAGE AND BACKUP US MARKET I $3. 28 HUMAN RESOURCES SOFTWARE ONLINE PAYMENT PROGRAMS WORLWIDE MARKET I $8B ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE DOCUMENT UPLOADS AND MANAGEMENT According to Gartner's 2011 predictions, number one on their list of Top Strategic Technologies is Cloud Computing. MARKETING AND SALES PROGRAMS** *For service-based businesses that require appointments * Iecluding email marketing WHAT MAKES CLOUD APPS SO APPEALING TO SMALL BUSINESSES Whether a small business is looking at improving its accounting procedures, creating an effective e-mail marketing campaign, or searching for a way to book their appointments online, cloud applications are becoming the tool of choice for a variety of tasks. COST ACCESSIBILITY EASE OF SET-UP AND USE • All you need is an Internet connection, Perhaps the most important benefit of cloud-computing applications is that the cost of today's cloud-based software is affordable and fits most budgets. Cloud apps generally do not require any installations or downloads, and as the developers of these software services typically have the small something most small business owners aiready have. It is the ideal solution for owners and staff who are constantly on the road. business owner in mind, they're • There is no need for expensive outside IT support. The service provider maintains and monitors the program, as well as generally easy to learn and use. • Many cloud-based apps offer owners, conducts upgrades and updates, operators and staff a free trial to see if it fits their business. 10 CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS THAT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY FRESHBOOKS picnik Batchbook Your Social CRM Constant Contact CRASHPLAN Aunotic Onlne Bockup pairless billing ACCOUNTING MANAGER CUSTOMER RELATIONS PHOTO SHARING/EDITING CUSTOMER RELATIONS BACKUP SERVICE FREE TRIAL FREE FREE TRIAL FREE FREE TRIAL Use FreshBooks to manage Constant Contact is Not everyone can atford the Allows you to keep track of CrashPlan glves you all the invoicing, expenses and time revolutionizing the success latest Photoshop editing your business, personal, and protection of the free version of sheets for up to three clients, formula for smalf organizations softmare on hisher hard drive. social networking contacts and CrashPlan, plus the added as well as send and receive through affordable, easy-to-use This is a free tool that allows share them with the rest of benefit of secure cloud storage your team. Create a fiexble, easy to-use contact database an unlimited number of Engagement Marketing tools you to share, edit, crop, resize, to CrashPlan Central for your invoices for free. that help create and grow and rotate photos entirely personal files and features like customer relabionships. in the cloud. from scratch, or import contacts continuous, minute-by-minute from an isting sysbem. backup. 10 Doodle Dropbox outrights QuickBooks POLLING/SCHEDULING FILE SHARING BACKUP SERVICE FINANCE MANAGER ACCOUNTING MANAGER FREE FREE FREE TRIAL FREE TRIAL FREE TRIAL This cloud-based app helps Have the capability to share Everything Carbonite does is Helps streamline the work Quickllooks' goal is to provide you schedule meetings by photos, documents, and videos designed to make backup imolved with owninrg a busness, your umal business with showing others your available with others from anywhere simple and secure. The product helping entrepeneurs pay the easy-to-use online accounting right tases, record financial transactions, and keep ther times and dates. Itr's the perfect in the world and on works automatically, s0 you software. One of the most popular instant scheduling solution and various devices. hever have to remember to faatures is its anine invoicing co-workers won't feel harassed back up. You can also recover businesses on track and growing. tools and templates. QuickBoks the next time you're trying to your files from their servers also offers additional support schedule a meeting . with just a tew clicks. for ontine banking, payroll, and time tracking * Free with purchasable upgrades Thid trfographc pubihed by Sources gartner com, umallbusinesstranding.com, startupnations.com, homatack.co Formstack The Smart Way to Collect and Manage Dato