How Cloud Computing Trends of the Past Will Impact Your Business Today

It’s the beginning of a new year and businesses are developing their plans for 2015. This also includes evaluating their cloud computing services. But, at Cloudspace USA, we advise looking back on the trends of 2014 for direction in the new year.

Cloud computing services have advanced to the point where they can provide high value to any business. So it’s important that company leaders start to thoroughly analyze how the cloud will be used in their organization.

Here are cloud trends from 2014 and how they will influence businesses in the year ahead:

(1.) Hybrid clouds are a combination of both public and private cloud services. For example, a company might run an application primarily on a private cloud, but rely on a public cloud to accommodate spikes in usage.

In 2015, companies will recognize that no one cloud solution is going to meet their business computing needs. Most businesses will end up with some type of hybrid scenario.

(2.) We often talk about the cloud’s effect on the business world but it has also had a huge influence on our personal lives.

Personal cloud services are allowing people to sync their music and contacts to all their devices and it also gives them reliable backup of their personal data. These services are growing and are now shaping how consumers use technology. This means people are more focused on services instead of devices. Companies in 2015 will be dealing with a more informed, cloud friendly public.

You can also conclude that this year team members will question leadership and ask why they can’t have the same type of cloud-based access at their places of employment. Companies will have to consider these options and carefully plan how it will be handled in their organization.

(3.) 2014 was almost like “the year of cloud confusion” – there were a lot of services and providers out there which caused some confusion in the business world. Companies weren’t sure which cloud provider or service to use.

But in 2015, you will see a much more defined cloud marketplace and a better informed business world and public.

Smaller, locally based, custom cloud providers, like Cloudspace USA, will play a larger role in 2015. We provide high quality, custom solutions to meet your company’s specific needs. Unlike the big, global cloud providers who only offer standard or general services.

(4.) We always talk about the cloud as a technology, which it obviously is, but we forget that it can be considered an operational structure as well.

Companies in the new year will have to question how they can do things differently from the way they used to do them.

As cloud services join together our information, social, and mobile worlds, businesses will have to start integrating cloud operations in every aspect of their organization.

All of these considerations may seem a little overwhelming or daunting for companies in the new year, but it’s actually an exciting time for the business world. The possibilities are limitless and many doors have been opened because of the cloud. 2015 will be the year that businesses truly embrace the cloud and let it take them to places they’ve never been before.

For more information, contact Cloudspace USA today.