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Will Clouds lift SMEs?
Why do larger companies get the benefits of new software first? When productivity-enhancing applications like CRM, sales management and even accounting software are introduced, they’re typically aimed at big organisations with big IT budgets.
These applications trickle down to smaller businesses eventually. But even then, costs are still high: the software has to be purchased, licensed, maintained and supported. Hardware often needs to be upgraded. And it all serves to distract from actually running a business.
However, Cloud applications promise to break this traditional IT model, levelling the playing field and making powerful business software available to any size of business – from a one-person start-up to an organisation with a turnover of £20 mililon or more. And I would argue that Cloud Computing is even more of a compelling proposition to SMBs than it is to enterprises.
15/May/2009