Pay for what you need when you need it
Cloud computing allows you to pay for what you need when you need it. No big capital purchases or huge upgrade prices for software. Whether you start small or begin with a greater number of users the beauty of cloud solutions is you can scale your systems as you grow or contract. By only configuring the services you need for the skills of the people you have you can best manage the costs of software across your organisation.
No hardware
Cloud Computing allows you to grow your business without having to swap IT systems along the way. Traditionally software and IT hardware was designed for small, then medium and then large organisations. For instance, MYOB for small business, SAP Buisness One for a emdium size business and then Oracle Financials for a larger company. As you grew from one size to the next, new hardware and software, and database systems as well as upgrades were required. Cloud allows you to avoid all these hidden costs.
Avoid upgrade knockout blows.
Traditional software has massive hidden costs: when it’s time to upgrade to the next release of your chosen ERP application you’ll be asked for an upgrade fee. This usually covers the new features you’ll receive because the annual maintenance amount you pay is for eliminating bugs and not for new features. And perhaps the next release of the software will require an operating system upgrade, and with that update you may need new hardware to support it. You’re stuck in a continual cycle
The price of customisation.
And if you customise your traditional software you’ll have to pay to have the changes re-engineered for your new software release.
Skip an upgrade or two. Well you could skip an upgrade or two and save some money. The problem with that is eventually you’ll find that your software vendor no longer supports older releases and then you’re out in the cold with no one to help.
Use Cloud to scale easily
And of course using the cloud and, specifically NetSuite and Google Apps, means that you’ll avoid all these problems. No need to upgrade hardware, databases, operating systems, communication equipment and everything else associated with these items to make them run. Software upgrade are free of charge as part of the tariff. Plus the way that customisation is designed in Cloud software means that with little or no change you can easily upgrade to the next release, no hassle.
We have many examples of customers who have started small and scaled up as their business grows. Utilising the best of breed cloud computing products allied with Online One services we can show you how you’ll benefit. To learn more call us on 1300 850 900 or email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we can talk about how you can implement a fully scalable cloud solution. So you can run your business without the hassle of IT.
