Guest Blog: Appamondo – Starting up a business in the cloud.
Starting up or running a business in the cloud at WorkWell provides you with options to collaborate, communicate and grow, which will help you to compete for business on a UK-wide basis.
As a technology service provider, Appamondo help choose the right applications to set your business up in the cloud. We take responsibility for deployment, training and education, and then providing ongoing support to you and your team. In this way, you can combine a bricks and mortar presence with remote tools that mean you are ‘always on’.
We always get asked why people should change to the cloud…
Here are five tips and reasons to work this way.
1. Avoid capital expenditure on computers, servers, software licenses and installation or maintenance costs.
Build a business with low-cost, subscription-based applications to reduce budget spend on software. Similarly, budget can be reduced by operating on a ‘bring your own device’ basis. Avoid buying devices and hardware you don’t need (servers, desktop PCs, etc)
2. Collaborate & communicate wherever you are.
Use business software that can be accessed remotely, such as Google Apps for Business™ for email, calendar, office package and storage. This will allow you to access your work from any location, making flexible working complication-free. Make use of online storage and collaboration tools to interact regularly and remotely with colleagues and customers.
Use video calling to increase frequency of face-to-face time, which in turn can help save money and time spent of commuting.
3. Automate administrative processes.
Automation means less time on admin, more time to grow the business!Use applications which integrate and streamline processes to bring efficiency to your workflow.
Mission-critical tasks like accounting can be automated using Xero, thus improving cash flow.
4. Go paperless.
Cut your costs and wastage by adopting sustainable practices like going paperless. Online storage tools allow creation, storage, sharing and collaboration in the cloud, removing the need for multiple copies and paper revisions.
Make sure applications match your business needs – there is a paperless solution for most processes.
5. Buy your technology as a service – lowest cost to operate
Technology can be purchased on a subscription basis without capital costs. Beware! Support from setup through to ongoing support is relatively non-existent (important if you are migrating data!)
Look for a technology provider who can meet all your business requirements – deployment (including migration of existing data), education in the form of training and ongoing support on a per-user (not company basis) should be mandatory for you!
Don’t just stop at these tips. If you want to ask more questions, contact the Appamondo team on 0843 224 9088 or social@appamondo.com. We are happy to help!
Michael Smith
Appamondo
WorkWell runs a professional office space that works around your business. We produce the highest quality space with complete monthly flexibility so that you can have a fluid workflow with minimal hassle. We are happy to work with Appomondo. They have a great service that will benefit a wide range of companies looking for easier management tools.