Did you know that according to CRN, small business spending on cloud computing will hit $100 billion by this year! This shows that cloud applications are on the rise, and for good reason, too.
To help explain this growing trend, SandHill also conducted a recent survey of 500 IT decision makers about why they chose to adopt cloud applications. Their chief response being that the cloud improves business agility, which is the ability of a business to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently in response to changes in the business environment.
Essentially, more and more businesses are realizing the benefits of cloud computing. They’re now using digital filing systems to easily access important files on the fly, portable scanners to scan to the cloud any and all important paper documents, and several other kinds of applications that can improve a business’s organization, and efficiency.
Particularly, cloud printing has been helping businesses a lot lately. It allows employees to print anywhere, from any device. Cloud printing seems like a fairly useful application, but under closer examination, it proves to be a highly effective way of improving a business’s efficiency. How, then, does cloud printing do this?
1.Accessibility.
Whether you’re at home or in the office, you can access any cloud connected printer. That means someone needs a file of yours, but you’ve left for the day, you can send it to the office printer, and they’ll have it in no time. Cloud printing means never having to go through all the rigamarole of file transference. You can just simply print it.
2. Share Your Printers.
Conversely, if you’re working at home, but need a file from a coworker who’s at the office, you can share your cloud printing capabilities with them. Cloud printing makes managing printers and print jobs equally easy.
3. Print Just About Anything.
It doesn’t matter what you’re trying to print–cloud printing can print any type of application on any web-connected device. If you have a PDF, an RTF, a word DOC, whatever, you can print it from the office to your home, on the go, wherever.
Cloud printing is increasing a business’s efficiency by making it easier to work anywhere. If you have any questions abotu cloud printing or other cloud applications, feel free to ask in the comments. Good refereneces: www.neat.com