This document discusses how cloud computing can benefit small businesses. It outlines how cloud computing allows businesses to access applications and store data remotely without owning servers or software. This reduces costs and improves flexibility compared to maintaining physical infrastructure. The cloud provides security, reliability, scalability, and allows businesses to access their systems from anywhere. Overall, the document argues that cloud computing is a better option than maintaining physical servers for most small businesses.

1. No Servers and No SoftwarePart 2: How to Leverage Cloud Computing For Your Small BusinessPresented by: John Engates, CTO, Rackspace®HostinG Renée Schmidt, Co-Founder, Madison Technology

2. MadisonTechnology Managed Hosting & Full-Lifecycle IT Services

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4. About Madison Technology Established in 2007

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9. Recap of Cloud ComputingSMBs are moving into the Cloud

10. Rather than owning your servers, hardware, software –all of that is offsite

11. Rent rather than Own

12. Pay for what you use

13. Save money (20-50%): no hardware/software = no need for onsite

14. Paradigm shift : computing grid like the electricity grid www.madisonti.com

15. Applications in the CloudHost any application in the cloud