Cloud computing is the most less costly means for startups to adopt IT for their activities. It offers services on a pay-as-you-go basis meaning you pay only for what you use and there are several cost-saving options to minimize cost and realize a high return on investment. If the infrastructure of your application is based on serverless and managed services, its management is done at no cost by the cloud provider ensuring the continuity of your business.  You can access your business data from any where  and make better decisions after analysis of your data and give directions while working remotely. There is better accountability helping you fend-off theft and terminate goods and services that are not profitable.

Despite the fact that your business application is accessed remotely, data exchange takes place securely as the communication is encrypted and access rights are specified for different users of the system. Additionally, your business data is kept encrypted at rest and stored redundantly making it available in many copies. All these is done automatically without human intervention. 

Managing your business data indeed requires skill. To outshine your competitors you must pay attention to your business data becuase it will gives you the state of your business and from it you can make decisions on what goods and services to focus on. Managing the data of your business from a digital platform is far more easy than on a paper-based platform. Unlike a paper-based platform, a digital platform allows you use a variety of tools to analyse data and draw more meaningful insight.

If you have plans to see your organization outgrow its current scope, if you intend to own a business of the future, then that cannot happen without Internet inclusion. Many companies are still thriving amidst the drawbacks of internet connectivity with ISPs not being able to ensure quality of service.  It is a norm that in the case of connectivity failure, companies resort to on-premise fatilities if they have a hybrid architecture or paper-based documentation. Updates are done once connectivity is restored. If your business is in a situation where you can have internet connectivity 80% of the time, then take advantage of that to make the most of your business by leveraging the benefits of using a cloud solution.

Apart from cost-savings on IT resources and their management, security, global access to business application, and data analytics, the cloud offers scalability – allowing businesses to adjust resources as needed, it allows access to cutting-edge technology enabling startups to innovate and grow plus employees collaborate online effectively. You innovate and grow when you automate repetitive tasks, optimize processes, cut down operational cost, predict customer expectations, personalize customer experience, own a mobile app, create new products and service, modify your business model by including subscription, pay-as-you-go, guarantees etc.