In the decade from 2010 to 2020, cloud usage increased by a whopping 635% according to a study from CloudZero. The adoption of cloud services is expected to continue rising throughout the current decade at the same rate! There are good reasons for this surge....
We’ve written at length about the many benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business, such as lower costs, faster time-to-delivery, improved reliability, improved scalability, etc. However, with all of these benefits come risks that many businesses ignore or don’t even realize are present....
Happy New Year to everyone from the team at Colden Company! We wish you all a healthy and prosperous 2014. Last year at this time, we wrote a blog posting about how 2013 could be the year of the cloud for many of our customers. ...
Cloud computing and its place in the business world can be a confusing topic for even the most IT-savvy business people. Should we be using the cloud? What should we be using the cloud for? Is it cost-efficient for our business to use the cloud? ...
Technology in a business for the sake of technology is not an effective strategy. Technology should be used for only two things: 1) Improve efficiency and other revenue generating tasks 2) Reduce risks and other expense lowering tasks Businesses can be more profitable only in these two manners...
There has been much talk about the migration to the cloud and how cloud technology will reshape the technology sector. In fact, our very own blog posting last month spoke to the benefits of the cloud. Like anything else, no one solution is a perfect...
We have a saying at Colden Company Inc. which is “If you are running your business the same way you were two or three years ago, you are not staying the same – you are falling behind.”. Your competition is not standing still, and unless...
There has been a lot of discussion about cloud computing in recent years and major companies like Google and Microsoft are investing millions of dollars into competing for that space. At Colden Company Inc., we are often asked about the cloud and whether or not...
Microsoft announces Office 365, a new service that brings familiar applications, including Office desktop software and Office Web Apps, together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud, for the first time. In October 2010, Microsoft unveiled a new product offering called Office 365. While the...
As we prepare our budgets for 2011 and evaluate the business needs, there are some extenuating circumstances that should be considered. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 allows for greater write-off of capital expenses, which means less tax for your business. Please see the...