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The "cloud" represents a whole new way to deliver I.T. resources to your employees and your customers. E-Mail, employee collaboration apps, customer service apps, instant messaging are examples of services which are being delivered from cloud services providers from highly-secure server centres located around the world. The Business ChallengeRunning your own computers to manage applications is not a good investment. Business continuity planning is complex: servers require constant monitoring and ongoing maintenance; hardware failures can lead to catastrophic interruption of your business operations; equipment is vulnerable to disasters like fire and theft; data backups are never reliable; operating systems need to be maintained and upgraded; the servers eventually have to be replaced. Simplified Business Continuity PlanningMoving to cloud-based services shifts all of the responsibility of maintaining the infrastructure to the service vendor. Moving your corporate assets to the cloud, means that you need only be concerned with running your business. Other than PCs, tablets, and smartphones, you no longer have to invest in any other infrastructure. Business MultipliersThe cloud provides tools that act like business "multipliers". Your employees can now be completely mobile and work from just about anywhere. You can provide more service to your customers by allowing them to collaborate with your employees 7x24.  Microsoft's Office 365 is a cloud-based solution that seamlessly integrates your desktop with the cloud. Office 365 extends Microsoft Office out onto the cloud. You can choose to store your documents on your PC, out on the cloud - or both and let Office 365 take care of synchronizing the two. Data EverywhereBy choosing the cloud, your files are securely stored on Microsoft's datacentres. You can access your files from any PCs or tablets without having to worry about which device has the latest version of your documents. Even better, you no longer have to worry about backups.Office 365 does all that for you. Subscription BasedOffice 365 "Enterprise" accounts include a subscription to Office Plus. No longer do you have to buy any of the Office family of products - nor do you have to purchase upgrades. Simply download and install the latest version of Office Plus right from the Office 365 web site. Read more...   Microsoft's Intune is a cloud-based service that centrally manages your desktop resouces - maintaininig an inventory of hardware, software, and providing ongoing systems maintenance. Centralized ManagementYou don't need to bring in highly trained IT professionals to look after your PCs and mobile devices - especially to look