What do you think are the challenges and opportunities for increasing SMB adoption of ECM/ERM applications? Will Cloud based applications be the tipping point or another technology to leverage?
With all the talk of cloud-based applications, mobile access, digital everything and big data (I know that I’m missing a couple John, but bear with me)is my small shop going to be able to thrive in the new world of Information Management?
Their feeling was that any solution that couldn’t readily communicate with their iPhones and cloud-based applications just wasn’t worth having, no matter how compelling the individual capabilities
Not to argue semantics but it is my belief this thing called the Cloud is just the Internet. And Cloud-based applications are no more than Web apps
But the most exciting news may be that users can actually self-provision all the services needed to run and operate a company with cloud-based applications - without an IT department and without a basic computer room
Also we know that for every dollar spent on a traditional application, at least an equal amount is spent on the implementation (which is, BTW, a big selling point for SaaS and cloud-based application vendors – they are cheaper to implement – but that is another blog to be written)
While the attraction of these CIM applications is the user friendliness and support, IT is also needed to ensure site security, logon authentication with existing security (for example if your company uses AD), and linking to in-house systems or to other cloud-based applications. You many also want to have IT review the contract and SLA of potential CIM companies
The above risks should be considered as part of your overall plan to move content into a cloud-based application and part of your due diligence
And by everything, I mean simple to complex cloud storage, simple to complex cloud-based applications (and storage), and even a cloud-based desktop – all you need is an Internet connection
That said, what cloud solutions are the best? What cloud-based applications should any small business investigate?
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