Social Media and the Cloud: Favorite Blogs and Twitter Accounts To Follow

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These days, companies are using social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+, blogs etc.) to share news, updates, eBooks, and other information with the world.  As a company, we depend on information posted via social media to help us keep up-to-date on the cloud computing industry.  If you are fairly new to social media, where do you start?  Here is our list of favorite cloud computing blogs and Twitter accounts to follow:

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Data and the Cloud: Why Do I Need to Backup My Company Data in the Cloud?

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We often get asked about backup best practices.  Backup has evolved from tapes to online, but that’s when your data still resides and a desktop, laptop or server within your control.  What if your data is already in the cloud?  In the case of Google Apps for Business, your email, calendar and docs all reside in the cloud and are protected by Google.  How does Google protect my data?  Here are just a few examples of the ways your data is protected:

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Cloud Solutions For the Perfect Virtual Office

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A virtual office allows business owners and employees to work from any location using any device (i.e. tablets, smart phones, and laptops) and an internet and/or a Wi-Fi connection.  More and more businesses are embracing the trend towards a virtual office.  Are you looking for the ideal combination of cloud apps to create the ideal virtual office for your small business?    Here is our recipe….
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Cloud Computing and SMB’s: Top 10 Reasons Why SMB’s Should Use Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing. It’s becoming a household term and it’s changing the way we look at computers. Why? Simply put, the power and the speed of the internet and broadband networks (drawn as a cloud in network diagrams) has allowed remote servers in large datacenters to do the heavy lifting, not your PC. The applications are served to you through a web browser instead of your hard drive. Consequently, your applications and data are accessible through any web connected device. For SMB (small and medium sized businesses), is it a fad or here to stay? We believe it’s here to stay. In fact not only do we run our own business on cloud technology, we’re staking the future of our business on it!

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