Golden Cloud

Cloud computing is about consuming your IT as a service without worrying about, or being involved in, what goes on behind the scenes.

With outsourced hosted services you can concentrate on your core business. In addition, valuable resources are freed up to concentrate on strategic projects, and capital costs are cut dramatically.

Previously often referred to as SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), ASP (Application Service Provision), or Utility Computing amongst other names, the Cloud is revolutionising the computing World.

Its significance can actually be compared to a number of paradigm shifts in industry, such as the move in mechanical power 100 years ago during the Industrial Revolution. Then companies decided to shut down the waterwheels or steam engines at their factories and trust an outside supplier (a power station) to provide their electricity.

Similarly, moving IT services to the Cloud (which delivers IT centrally and with far better economies of scale than individual businesses can leverage)  can liberate how organisations operate, by providing more efficient and cost-effective ways of working, helping businesses to adapt to the fast-changing demands of the modern World.