There’s a lot to consider when it comes to investing in cloud services for your business. Choosing between a cloud service or onsite servers is a common choice businesses have to make. The more cost efficient and productivity inspired option is often seen as being less secure compared to onsite servers, but this assumption is coming under a lot of scrutiny as time passes. There is a lot of concern about whether onsite servers suffer more data leaks than the cloud, and then there’s concern for just the opposite. It can really just boil down to who you choose to invest in. While of course there are always flaws in technology, having the absolute minimum is necessary. So choosing the right servers or cloud services is important, and making sure you choose one of quality plays a factor in that. So whether you use onsite servers or cloud services is up to your business.
Data leaks are one of the more common faults with servers. Whether it’s from an outsider, or an employee. Data leaks caused by employees are more common than the other, but it’s typically by mistake that this happens. While this does show that most data leaks are caused by lack of control, which businesses can then fix, it also shows that businesses can be their own worst enemy when it comes to security. The best way to prevent employee errors is by education and training. Today a lot more pressure is put on employees to keep data secure. The cloud is faced with the security risks of BYOD policies, and businesses depend on employees to properly go about the sharing and care of data to prevent these risks from becoming threats. Businesses with server based data are still faced with the dilemma of depending on employees to care for data properly.
If your business does choose to make the transition from onsite servers to cloud, there are some challenges that come along with is. Knowing what you need is an important and very much over looked task when preparing for a cloud service investment. All cloud services are different, knowing the benefits and faults of all the cloud services you are considering is extremely important. Moving data onto a cloud service only to find it doesn’t quite fit what your business needs can cause an endless amount of problems. This could come from making sure you have the right team to prepare your business for that transition.
There is always the option of hybrid cloud services. This way you can keep some of your data to yourself, and leave another portion for cloud services to handle. This route brings a lot more ease for businesses, as it is not so black and white. You get all of the flexibility and productive options cloud services offers, while still being able to manage a portion of your data yourself. Some businesses see this as unnecessary and prefer one or the other. It all simply comes down to the characteristics of your business and what it would benefit from the most.