3. A cloud application (or cloud app) is an application program
that functions in the cloud, with some characteristics of a pure
desktop app and some characteristics of a pure Web app.
4. Top 3 Benefits To Using cloud
Based Applications
1. Collaboration - Cloud apps give employees access to their information from
anywhere around the globe.
2. Automatic Benefits - Software as a service (SaaS) allows companies to
ensure all users of their application are on the same version of the software.
3. Everyone Benefits - Cloud apps allow companies to push new
developments to all users at once, ensuring everyone benefits at the same
time.
6. Mozy - mozy.co.uk
Mozy is an online backup service that
continuously backs up the files on your
computer or server. It gives small
businesses the space to back up all their
computer and server files for a very
reasonable price, so owners of SMEs
know their files are retrievable, even
during a data loss crisis.
7. Skype - skype.com
Skype turns your computer into a phone: you
can call or chat (with or without video) to other
Skype users for free. You can also call landlines
and mobile phones for a small fee. SMEs can
use Skype to keep in touch with everyone they
work with and for. Colleagues and clients can
meet without leaving their respective cities,
saving businesses precious time and money.
8. Box.com is like a file folder that all your gadgets
and devices can access. You simply drag a file
into Box, and you can instantly access it from
anywhere. If you’ve ever cursed yourself for
leaving that important file on your office
computer or ever needed to send a client a file
immediately, Box can keep that from happening
again.
Box - Box.com
9. Toggl - toggl.com
Toggl is a time-tracking app. It allows you to
create tasks and projects and assign a certain
amount of time to each project. It also logs how
long tasks take to complete and how much time
you have left to spend in a project, making
billing incredibly easy and accurate.
10. Moo - uk.moo.com
Moo offers a design and printing service
for business cards, postcards and
minicards. Users can customise existing
Moo designs, upload their own designs, or
import their own images from their Etsy,
Facebook, Flickr, Picasa or SmugMug
account.
11. MailChimp - mailchimp.com
MailChimp is an email publishing
platform which allows businesses
of all sizes to design and send
their email campaigns. Measuring
the success of your email
campaigns is really easy as the
software integrates with Google
Analytics for tracking purposes.
12. Quickbooks - quickbooks.intuit.co.uk
Quickbooks has an online accounting service.
It can help with all your accounting needs,
including monitoring cash flow, creating VAT
returns, setting budgets and creating business
reports. It is as useful to SMEs as the desktop
program that came first, but it is accessible
from anywhere in the world.
13. Evernote - evernote.com
Evernote makes organising notes simple. It
takes all the sticky notes, scribbled-on
notepads and random pictures that you would
have cluttering up your desk and organises
them online. It can even recognise writing in
images, so if you take a picture of a white
board full of notes, you can find that image by
searching for one of the phrases in it.
14. Google Apps for Business - google.com
Google Apps pretty much eliminate the need for many
computer programs. You can create and save text
documents, spreadsheets, slide shows and more on Google
Docs, and several people can work on one file
simultaneously. Google Calendar makes creating and
sharing calendars easy, and event reminders can be emailed
to invitees. Gmail for Business gives companies personalised
email accounts that are easy to set up and amend and that
have the flexibility and storage space of Gmail.
15. Outright - outright.com
Outright is a cloud finance app that
helps small businesses with their
business accounting. It allows you to
track income/expenses, tax obligations,
and profits/losses in real time. Ideal for
small companies or just entrepreneurs
looking to get a hold on their finances,
Outright is the perfect finance app to
provide access to your data whilst on
the move.
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