Cloud can reduce IT cost

IT generally reduces the cost of doing business. The trick lies in making the wisest decision while opting for the IT oriented infrastructure & services to cover your needs. The IT market is offering vast services generating enough variety to choose from, but that might very well lead to confusion. Possessing at least some knowledge of IT would lead to having an upper hand in the deal. Keeping this in mind, Pranab Basu - VP-IT Operations at ViVa Connect said that having an IT infrastructure doesn’t necessarily mean setting up the entire system. Businesses can greatly save money by outsourcing their requirement to IT firms. In such way they can enjoy the services while IT firm takes care of the functioning & technicalities. 

Traditionally the ROI of an IT investment, was measured by “financial” benefits. But today, business leaders and technologists have understood that “non-financial” benefits of IT investments are equally important, like…

Low Cost Investment – Since most of the IT implementation is done over electronic devices, it’s highly cost efficient demanding very minimal investment

Better Analytics – It allows to measure performance. Hence necessary steps can be taken to eliminate loopholes & implement requisite changes. Detailed reports help understand the demand, response & effect.

Work Remotely – The system is operated remotely, allowing the liberty of mobility.  

Competitive advantage – With electronic storage & retrieval systems, searching, processing & execution of tasks can be done in a jiffy. Giving you the much needed upper hand over your competitor’s.

Real time Proficiency - Real time access to data empowers to make amendments with least wastage of time.

Having an IT infrastructure doesn’t necessarily mean setting up the entire system. Businesses can greatly save money by outsourcing their requirement to IT firms. In such way they can enjoy the services while IT firm takes care of the functioning & technicalities. 

This works great for business with a very limited range of IT requirement. The best example for this would be online e-commerce oriented services. Almost 80% of such services are outsourced & securely carried out with efficiency.

The new age cloud computing system works miraculously. This facility has not only eliminated the need for physical systems, but also ensured 24x7 wireless connectivity across globe. Now data can be easily made available by an individual for others to access. Nitin Aggarwal, CTO at yebhi.com said, “The way to cut IT cost is one of the big movements that are happening around. According to me, this could be achieved by the adoption of ‘Cloud’ and its services. These services give you a scalability of the platform without having fixed cost for the surges of processing of transaction. That helps significantly reducing the cost.”