Teamwork via Cloud Computing

Teamwork via Cloud Computing is now possible with spatially distributed teams who need a digital workplace, employees can communicate and share information. Collaboration solutions from the cloud offer. With the existing infrastructure without Cloud that was not possible. Therefore, a consulting company who was looking for a web-based solution might found a PaaS to be useful.

Teamwork via Cloud Computing : Fast Communication

Central application are Online now. The consulting firm represents all business processes and assigns the respective processes (for example, pre-sales), an own document library are stored for the Product, contract deals or presentations. Previously, documents were often multiple and no one knew where the latest version is.

Today, the Web-based documents care shared centrally and are available online, including versioning. Every employee can access it, whether in the office, from home or mobile. In the virtual team rooms of various softwares, the staff share information about their projects and coordinate appointments; also try collaborating on documents if it is possible there. This transparency simplifies communication considerably.

In other ways, the employees can communicate internally via chat or video conference to clarify the questions about in projects. Today we can more efficiently coordinate with employees who travel a lot by the presence information to recognize immediately who is just as available and can ask questions. This facilitates cooperation enormously.

Teamwork via Cloud Computing : Latest Technology Comes Quickly in use

Much in demand, the cloud model in collaborative applications are like web and video conferencing softwares. Almost every fourth application in this area is now provided from the cloud, especially for micro-enterprises. It is less about the pricing advantage, but to be on the amount of time to use the latest technology for video conferencing. Use of the cloud providers always keep it updated. This also eliminates the administrative expenses for the operation of the IT solution. This is particularly important for small and medium businesses that have and do not have the have the financial resources for the acquisition of such systems does not own or a small IT department.

In the cloud also there is need to invest in hardware such as servers, their operation and the associated maintenance and energy costs as well as the licensing costs are incurred for locally installed software. Instead of the usual license, fee is charged per user per month under a leasing model. New users can be easily and flexibly added. In addition, the cost of introducing a cloud solution is relatively low.

Apart from lower costs, greater flexibility and other advantages to collaboration solutions from the cloud are good for mobile use on smartphones or tablets. What we need to know is about keeping the security and privacy of personal data – Which we wrote in the periodical Checklist for Secure Cloud Computing.