Organizations that have made sound investments in cloud computing in the recent years are by far experiencing rapid advancements in their business. Working with the cloud, they have been able to boost the level of flexibility and manageability of their business-critical data.
Although the cloud is still is in its evolving phase, it offers storage capabilities with top-notch security. That’s not all. The most attractive feature is that it allows information to be transferred and accessed instantly, ensuring that businesses are able to reach their maximum potential within no time.
The hard truth for now is - cloud computing is rapidly spreading its roots across diverse industrial realms. However, to get a clear picture, let’s just dive deep into the benefits of cloud computing.
Simplified Management
Using a cloud platform – such as AWS for instance –, an organization’s IT infrastructure can be simplified by ensuring that all those business-critical apps are on the cloud. Moreover, this enables all departments to collaborate with each other and work to achieve a common goal; taking flexibility to a whole new level.
With a cloud platform at your disposal, you will not only be able to use data and applications but can also release them to your customers (irrespective of the location) in just a matter of seconds.
And if anything does go wrong, it can be resolved quickly, as all the tools and resources that you need can be instantly accessed from anywhere across the globe.
Faster Than Ever
It is absolutely vital that any business on the market today must provide a fresh service to customers that are constantly evolving. By using the cloud for business apps, it is possible for business owners to release, review and update applications within minutes.
However, cloud’s capabilities are not limited to releasing applications on to the market. Using tools such as CodeDeploy, you can build and develop an app for your business in minutes.
All in all, you also get all the benefits of a virtual office without having to set one up for yourself.
No Breaches
We’ve already mentioned about the level of security the cloud offers for its data storage. Using a cloud platform – like AWS – there is software in place to combat and prevent potential security breaches.
That’s simply because almost all cloud platforms these days are embedded with features that can instantly pinpoint an attack and set up a defense against it.
So when you migrate your business applications to the cloud, your IT security level will be boosted as well.
Support at All Times
The cloud is set up in a way that resembles an ecosystem with numerous elements to help companies grow and evolve. If you face any issues while migrating your business applications, you will discover the support you need is readily available.
You will be able to get help analyzing your migration portfolio and using companies working on the cloud to make sure that you have everything you need.
The cloud isn’t just run by one team. There are various partners accessible through the server who can help with your requirements and ensure that you reach the full potential in your business.
It is evident that cloud computing offers several benefits for enterprises. While there are a few concerns and limitations – such as data privacy and security – that may put some organizations on the backfoot, the benefits certainly outweigh them. And this is probably a good enough reason for organizations to migrate their business applications to the cloud.
Now that you know the key benefits of cloud migration, you may assume that these are only relevant for certain businesses and industries. But the reality is, businesses from almost every industry are actively leveraging the cloud by migrating their business applications.
Now let’s focus on the industries that deploy cloud in the heart of their IT operations.
Travel
The travel industry is now almost entirely based online. When customers head on a holiday, they regularly start with a keyword in a search engine such as ‘Barbados flights.’ By doing this, they typically reach a site such as Expedia.
In the travel industry, it is important to ensure that the customers find the results quickly, can make purchases easily and don’t run into unexpected delays. A website page that isn’t working, or an error on search is one of the most common reasons why companies lose customers.
Expedia quickly identified this flaw and worked to develop a fix to ensure that their applications worked effectively with no error. They were able to do this by utilizing website development available in the cloud.
Food Production
Every industry needs to think about marketing and what is proving to be effective through promotion. This is particularly true in the food industry where a single image could impact sales. As such, it is crucial for a company like this to understand what has impacted customer sales. One of the ways to do this is to look at sales reports as well as spending to assess whether money can be cut back in certain areas.
That’s exactly what Kellogg's was able to do using cloud applications. They found they could send sales reports out to different sectors of the company in minutes and ensure everyone was on the same page. This led to a more effective marketing campaign based on real-time sale reports.
Entertainment
Everything about entertainment has it’s presence online, and the best example of this would be video streaming. Netflix is quickly becoming more popular than Blu-ray or any other type of media output. The reason for this is a catalog of media that worldwide customers can easily access in seconds.
Netflix was able to provide this for their customer by operating on the cloud ensuring that everything was kept up-to-date and that new media could be easily added.
Healthcare
Talking about healthcare, Siemens was able to build a healthcare data management system through the cloud that was secure, effective and is now used in multiple medical practices across the world.
For them, the main issue was security. But with the software already available through the AWS cloud platform, they found it easy to guarantee protection for their medical company clients.
Media
In a bid to stay ahead of the herd, the media industry has quickly adapted to focus on online content with news websites, blogs, and apps.
However, with so much data coming in and be released, businesses find themselves focusing more on maintenance rather than creation. This was an issue for Dow Jones, a financial news agency with a huge popularity in Asia.
By migrating to the cloud, the business was able to make data management simple and focus more time on releasing products instead.
Telecom
Finally, as you know already, telecom these days doesn’t just mean phone, text or even email. It can include everything from online applications to live video.
Vodafone wanted to create an app that could be used for a specific purpose, and provide on-demand services for its customers; without investing more resources into development.
They were able to do this by working on the cloud and created an app, releasing it to customers without the typical expense of a new resource.
Conclusion
It is pretty much evident that the cloud offers numerous opportunities for innovation and disruption across various industries. The industries and enterprises mentioned above form just a few of who have already incorporated the technology and already reaping the benefits in various ways. It is just a matter of time before cloud computing becomes commonplace across industries.
Originally published , updated September 04 2021
