10 great cloud applications and services for smes

16
10 Great Cloud Based Applications & Services For SMEs

Upload: ekipaco

Post on 13-Apr-2017

158 views

Category:

Technology


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

10 Great Cloud Based Applications & Services For SMEs

Page 2: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

What Is Cloud Based Applications

Page 3: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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. 

Page 4: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 5: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

Top 10 Cloud Apps

Page 6: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 7: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

Skype - skype.comSkype 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.

Page 8: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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

Page 9: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 10: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 11: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 12: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 13: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

Evernote - evernote.comEvernote 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.

Page 14: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

Google Apps for Business - google.comGoogle 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.

Page 15: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

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.

Page 16: 10 Great Cloud Applications and Services for SMEs

These Apps Can Definitely Benefit To Your Company. Want To Turn An Idea Into An Award Winning Cloud App For Your SME?

Ekipa Cloud App Team Can Turn Your Idea Into An App!

Ekipa Celebrates First Week Of November As Cloud App Week!