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Web based Solutions

Simply put, web solutions are applications based on the internet. Where in the past, people would run applications or programs from software downloaded on a physical computer or server in their building, cloud computing allows people access to the same kinds of applications through the internet.

When you update your Facebook status, you’re using cloud computing. Checking your bank balance on your phone? You’re in the cloud again. Chances are you rely on cloud computing to solve the challenges faced by small businesses, whether you’re firing off emails on the move or using a bunch of apps to help you manage your workload.

In short, cloud is fast becoming the new normal. By the end of 2015 it’s estimated that 90% of UK businesses will be using at least one cloud service.

Why are so many businesses moving to the cloud?

It’s because cloud computing increases efficiency, helps improve cash flow and offers many more benefits…Check out ten of the best below.

Not moved to the cloud yet?

Any three of the above benefits would be enough to convince many businesses to move their business into the cloud. But when you add up all ten? It’s approaching no-brainer territory.

This is why Future Technologies pioneered enterprise cloud computing. From CRM to marketing automation, all of our solutions are entirely cloud-based.

If you feel ready for those advantages, and more, contact us today.

Flexibility - Cloud-based services are ideal for businesses with growing or fluctuating bandwidth demands. If your needs increase it’s easy to scale up your cloud capacity, drawing on the service’s remote servers. Likewise, if you need to scale down again, the flexibility is baked into the service. This level of agility can give businesses using cloud computing a real advantage over competitors – it’s not surprising that CIOs and IT Directors rank ‘operational agility’ as a top driver for cloud adoption.

Disaster recovery - Businesses of all sizes should be investing in robust disaster recovery, but for smaller businesses that lack the required cash and expertise, this is often more an ideal than the reality. Cloud is now helping more organisations buck that trend. According to Aberdeen Group, small businesses are twice as likely as larger companies to have implemented cloud-based backup and recovery solutions that save time, avoid large up-front investment and roll up third-party expertise as part of the deal.

Automatic software updates - The beauty of cloud computing is that the servers are off-premise, out of sight and out of your hair. Suppliers take care of them for you and roll out regular software updates – including security updates – so you don’t have to worry about wasting time maintaining the system yourself. Leaving you free to focus on the things that matter, like growing your business.

Capital-expenditure Free - Cloud computing cuts out the high cost of hardware. You simply pay as you go and enjoy a subscription-based model that’s kind to your cash flow. Add to that the ease of setup and management and suddenly your scary, hairy IT project looks at lot friendlier. It’s never been easier to take the first step to cloud adoption.

Increased collaboration - When your teams can access, edit and share documents anytime, from anywhere, they’re able to do more together, and do it better. Cloud-based workflow and file sharing apps help them make updates in real time and gives them full visibility of their collaborations.

Work from anywhere - With cloud computing, if you’ve got an internet connection you can be at work. And with most serious cloud services offering mobile apps, you’re not restricted by which device you’ve got to hand. The result? Businesses can offer more flexible working perks to employees so they can enjoy the work-life balance that suits them – without productivity taking a hit. One study reported that 42% of workers would swap a portion of their pay for the ability to telecommute. On average they’d be willing to take a 6% pay cut.

Document control - The more employees and partners collaborate on documents, the greater the need for watertight document control. Before the cloud, workers had to send files back and forth as email attachments to be worked on by one user at a time. Sooner or later – usually sooner – you end up with a mess of conflicting file content, formats and titles.

Security - Lost laptops are a billion dollar business problem. And potentially greater than the loss of an expensive piece of kit is the loss of the sensitive data inside it. Cloud computing gives you greater security when this happens. Because your data is stored in the cloud, you can access it no matter what happens to your machine. And you can even remotely wipe data from lost laptops so it doesn’t get into the wrong hands.

Competitiveness - Wish there was a simple step you could take to become more competitive? Moving to the cloud gives access to enterprise-class technology, for everyone. It also allows smaller businesses to act faster than big, established competitors. Pay-as-you-go service and cloud business applications mean small outfits can run with the big boys, and disrupt the market, while remaining lean and nimble. David now packs a Goliath-sized punch.

Environmentally friendly - While the above points spell out the benefits of cloud computing for your business, moving to the cloud isn’t an entirely selfish act. The environment gets a little love too. When your cloud needs fluctuate, your server capacity scales up and down to fit. So you only use the energy you need and you don’t leave oversized carbon footprints. This is something close to our hearts at Salesforce, where we try our best to create sustainable solutions with minimal environmental impact.

Already familiar with the benefits of Web-based Computing? Why not contact us now and get started today.

Enterprise Apps Development

From past few decades, we have noticed a vast growth in the usage of mobile applications for businesses. The advancements in mobile app development technology has made the enterprise apps popular among the small, mid and large sized businesses. The organizations can streamline their critical processes and enhance efficiency by leveraging enterprise apps.

The mobile phone sales will reach 2.1 billion units by 2019 which will market a demand of mobile app development. — Gartner.

Enterprise apps not only help in increasing employee engagement, but also boost customer satisfaction, improve decision-making process, boost productivity as well as proffer many more benefits.

Enterprise Apps boost productivity

Productivity depends on the factor called communication. A communication went well will assure you the productivity you expect.

Enterprise apps enable mobility to the employees. This mobility ensures increased throughput and process streamlining. It provides an easier way of communication with employees. Through this simple collaboration on tasks and projects, and the ability to access important data even whilst offline can certainly make work easier for many employees, leading to increased motivation and better results.

Enterprise applications will help to integrate the business processes. With increased number of mobile users at workplace, it enhances work performance of employees while they are on the move. Enterprise app ensure the productivity of the employees by gifting you these three parameters:

Anytime, anywhere accessibility

Flexibility

Ease of inter-communication

Mobile apps for business save time

It is difficult to access to the data stored in your laptop or desktop while you are away. The employee requires to be at their desk when asked for any report or data. This consumes the time of an employee which could have been productive in some other way.

Let’s take an example of an organization with 100 employees. It would at least take 10 minutes for an employee to go back to the desk, recoup the report and share it with others. And all this whilst shifting the employees attention from the job he was working on. This would hamper the 1000 productive minutes of the whole organization on average.

Enterprise apps can help to save this precious time of your employee taken to retrieve a report or data by storing it in cloud and accessing anytime without the need of going back to the desk.

The urge to fill up all the details in a form and submitting the report is a little time consuming and tedious. Instead, an enterprise app with a feature that allows you to auto generate a report or to select from the drop down list or menu is much favorable to use. It makes the process of sales, invoice, marketing and other such operations time optimizing.

Cost effective

Considering different types of operations held in an organisation, deploying different technologies for each department would be a little arduous. Indulging too many systems for each operation will require maintenance as well. The cost of employing and maintaining different tools and technologies will drive no core value towards the business. An enterprise app will be your cost effective solution to take shelter beneath.

Building enterprise application that can be used by all the entities will prove to be cost effective. Not only that, it will also help you to make decisions, precisely and faster. The use of papers will reduce which again will lead to cost reduction. Using an agile cloud service to store the data will reduce the cost spent on hardware and other tools.

Types of Enterprise Applications

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Business Intelligence (BI)

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

Email marketing systems

Payment processing system

Enterprise Content Management

Enterprise Messaging Systems (EMS)

HR Management

Conclusion

75% of Fortune 500 companies are using or planning to use an enterprise app in the near future. With Enterprise apps you can increase productivity, provide more comprehensive customer service and make better and faster business decisions.

If you are an organization looking for going mobile, Future Technologies would be happy to guide you through. We have a team of skilled developers to ensure quality results. Our expertise in Android app development, iOS app development and website development will cater your business requirements.

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