Save Costs

Putting your collaboration and messaging into the cloud can have significant impacts to your bottom line.

Here are a few reasons why the cloud can help maximize your budget:

• Pay only for what you use – Cloud computing companies operate on a pay-as-you-use model so you only pay for the services you require and use. And they allow you to scale up and down as required. This is more cost effective than purchasing equipment outright and risking under or over utilization. Find out how Neo Materials saved approximately 60% in annual savings with a hosted messaging solution from Ceryx.
• Costs of keeping the systems running – Keeping your mission critical messaging infrastructure up-and-running can contribute heavily to your IT overhead. Physical maintenance, upgrades, licenses and personnel salaries add up. A shift to cloud computing reduces or eliminates these expenses.
• Operational costs vs. Capital costs - When you purchase expensive equipment it is usually a high capital expenditure that depreciates over time. With cloud computing, your one-time expense is spread across several operational budget periods. Your finance department will tell you an operational expense or OPEX, is a much better alternative. When you also factor in the time value of money, the balance shifts even more towards cloud computing.
  
  
  Cloud topped technology priorities globally
  According to a Gartner study, cloud computing is the No.1 technology priority in 2011 for CIOs worldwide.", and this was confirmed when we asked how soon more than half of their business transactions would be conducted over IT platforms in the cloud," Dave Aron, analyst for CIO research at Gartner. According to the study, as many as 43% of the CIOs expect their companies to get on the cloud within the next four years. In addition, IT budgets are expected to remain largely flat making cloud computing that much more attractive for budget conscious IT professionals.
  
  "CIOs and IT have been boxed in between modest budget growth and growing legacy requirements,” said Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner Executive Programs. "New lighter-weight technologies – such as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), and social networks – and IT models enable the CIO to redefine IT, giving it a greater focus on growth and strategic impact. These are two things that are missing from many organizations."
• Prevent Unforeseen Costs - It is very hard to put a price tag on how much money a corporation loses when their email or collaboration server goes down. Most SLA credits reflect the cost of the services rendered and almost never provide for business losses. Outsourcing to a cloud provider can significantly reduce the risk of losing money due to failures. A cloud provider like Ceryx can ensure a higher level of security,high availability in enterprise grade, multiple top-tier facilities with real 100% uptime SLAs.