"For a technology buzzword to become a trend it needs to stand test of time and business value. Cloud has started showing the same to some extent for organizations"

Use And Implementation Of Cloud In Business
From on-demand music to mobile applications, to emails, to enterprise solutions like ERP and CRM, a number of services are now available on cloud. In various sectors, companies are increasingly moving from Capex to Opex model using cloud technology.

Some of the key cloud business drivers include:
Pay-as-per-usage model: In cloud-based solutions the upfront investment is not required. Instead the customer has to pay as per their usage.
De-risking: Since the upfront investment is not required, the companies are derisking their IT initiative decisions with minimal losses.
Outsourcing the non-core activities: It is better to outsource non-core activity like IT and focus on the core competency within the company.
Ability to pilot solutions: Cloud gives scope for water testing before going for implementing world class solutions.
Reducing the implementation time: World class solution’s implementation time gets reduced with earlier realization of benefits.

At HCC, we test the cloud solutions on regular basis and deploy as and when it succeeds in testing. Our usage of cloud solution has also increased in last 2-3 years. In general, many organizations have data security as one of the concerns with cloud solution as unlike conventional IT implementations, data lies outside the premises and sometimes with third party. But same is the case when your data is in your premises and connected to the internet. It is like having on-premises solution connected with Internet. So it should not be a concern. 

For a technology buzzword to become a trend it needs to stand test of time and business value. Cloud has started showing the same to some extent for organizations. The current macro- conomic conditions are making cloud solution popular due to its business model and gearing its adoption. The sky would be the limit when it emerges with other upcoming technologies and offers tremendous value to the business.

Ensuring Social Media as an asset for business
Most of the new generation employees are breathing in social media environment. Hence, organizations need to make use of social media strategically for organization’s betterment.

Today, the professional time has taken over the personal time of an employee as the competition demands employees to be available for business 24x7. Then instead of restricting employees, the organizations should use social media as a strategic tool and add value to their businesses. Considering the sensitivity of information involved in various departments, level of access of social media should be decided. So instead of the entire organization being restricted, only the sensitive department can be restricted for social media access.

For organizations, its matter of adopting the social media strategically for their business as an asset through their employees by providing access and freedom as the business may be incomplete without social media in future.