Cloud benefits

Zhou says the major benefits of moving to the public cloud include: • Reduced IT costs: Rather than purchasing expensive systems and equipment, businesses can reduce costs by using the resources of a trusted cloud computing service provider. Rapid service innovation: With a cloud partner like HUAWEI CLOUD, enterprises can innovate by quickly purchasing technologies such as IOT, blockchain and AI online. Scalability: Operation and storage use can easily be scaled up or down depending on the business’s needs. This boosts flexibility.

Business continuity: Should a natural disaster, power failure or crisis strike, having data stored in the cloud ensures it is backed up and stored in a secure location so businesses can access it quickly and minimise any downtime and loss of productivity.

Security: Enterprises don’t need to purchase expensive security hardware and software because experienced cloud providers will have made significant investments to protect their data. Collaboration: With more and more people working remotely, collaboration can be tough. Cloud makes it possible for employees, contractors and third parties to work together without having to be in the same place.

Flexibility: Similarly, if your employees want to be more flexible in their work practices, they need access to data while they are off-site. Cloud allows anyone to connect from anywhere, quickly and easily. Automatic updates: Depending on your cloud computing service provider, systems will regularly be updated with the latest technology. This includes software updates, as well as upgrades to servers and computer processing power.