Does this sound familiar? As an executive of a small to mid-size business you have your hands full just trying to manage the operations of your company every day. You used to have an IT person that dealt with hardware and software issues, but due to the current economic environment they are no longer there. Your server hardware has been running fine for some time, but it’s old and needs to be replaced. Even your PCs are now dated and you know you have to do something and soon. Replacing all this hardware and upgrading your current software is an arduous and costly task and you may have to engage the services of a third party to do it, but perhaps there is an alternative.
The Internet has not only become a medium for selling your products and services but in fact a platform for managing your hardware and software. Companies like Amazon.com and Rackspace are two examples of third party services that enable you to take the burden of buying and managing hardware and place it on their cloud or web based computing environment. There are dozens more companies offering similar services.
In the world of software, there are web based CRM software applications that operate online and in the cloud. What does this all mean? It means that you can now partner with a company like Commence Corporation to provide you with the CRM software and the server hardware, and have them manage and maintain your system 24/7 while you focus your time on growing your business. Moving your IT systems and software to the web makes good sense for small to mid-size businesses for the following reasons. First, the companies that provide this service are very good at what they do and will provide you with an IT environment that you could never afford to have as a small business. Secondly, outsourcing your IT hardware and software is extremely affordable.
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