Cloud Computing Services: Weighing the Benefits

Cloud computing services offer many benefits to a small and medium business (SMB). Unfortunately, there are still many SMBs that are unwilling to take advantage of them because of their concerns about the cloud's reliability and security. While those concerns have their basis, they should compare the cloud with the SMB's existing on-premise infrastructure.

The reliability of cloud computing has always been called into question. But these concerns originated in the early 2000s when unexpected downtime was noticeable and affected large swathes of the computers. Today, virtualization and other business continuity methods are being used by today's cloud providers to prevent such occurrences.