Examples of the use of cloud computing in business
In this section, we will discuss usual use cases for cloud computing in business environments and the reasoning behind them. This will be general and technology-agnostic examples. Let us understand each.
Email archiving
Email is the most widespread, and probably the most important, application used in the business. Today, it is almost impossible to imagine how any organization could function without the use of email. Managing an email system is often very complex if it is done in your territory.
Cloud computing technology is very well accepted in the case of such applications, especially as standard cloud services offer elementary security measures for email systems such as antivirus protection, spam filtering, and the continuity of electronic mail.
Many organizations, for their own or regulatory reasons, also opt for archiving electronic mail, which is a much more complex task.
Many organizations, even before the onslaught of cloud computing...