Cloud computing offers many benefits and there’s a growing number of vendors out there - but how do you know if the cloud provider is right for your business?
Choosing a cloud provider is not an easy decision. You need to make sure you select one with whom you can depend for the long term and who will be able address your security, privacy compliance needs in detail before switching over all of its customers’ IT resources from on premise deployments or private clouds. The cloud is a great way to make your data more accessible from anywhere at any time. But before you start moving resources into the service, here are some quick questions that will help ensure both parties understand what they’re doing:
- How secure is your cloud?
- How will I access my data and applications?
- How easy is it to move my workloads into and out of your cloud?
- What customer support services do you offer?
- Do you provide operational transparency?
- How flexible is your cloud?
- Where is your data center and how safe is it?
- Will you let us know if our data is compromised?
The Cloud is a big decision, but it doesn’t need to be intimidating. Data and IT are the backbone of your business- so before diving head first into this new technology take some time for research! The more questions you ask yourself about what type of provider would best suit YOU (and YOUR needs), will allow us all a better understanding on how we can make sure that our businesses continue to thrive long after any other trend has died out.