Moving from an on-premise to a cloud-based environment may significantly reduce IT costs. Many of the hidden costs (maintenance, hardware costs, upgrades, etc.) are handled by the subscription provider in a cloud computing environment. By moving to a hybrid or fully-implemented cloud computing/storage environment, you get the following benefits:

• access from anywhere
• protection against data loss due to computer damage or theft
• role-based permissions

Cloud-based computing and storage systems can easily be scaled up or down to meet your business needs.