There are a wide variety of choices when it comes to deciding on cloud storage for your business which leads to confusing the business owners. Every business has a different set of requirements and thus considering both the technical as well as non-technical aspects while making the selection is essential.
Below are some points to consider while selecting your cloud storage:
COST CONSIDERATIONS
The main reason for shift to cloud storage solutions is decreasing operating costs while securing company data. Cloud storage providers offer solutions at very competitive prices. However, you need to be analytical about the overall value the providers have to offer you at the quoted price. Factors that influence the price of cloud storage is storage space in the cloud, the sites/ other applications, and number of servers in the cloud. Here, you need to understand a fact that a low priced cloud service provider may not necessarily provide you more value for your money. You must consider the complete data lifecycle.
SECURITY MEASURES
The cloud has struggled a lot to prove its security as businessmen still do not completely trust this third party storage service. Due to the past stories of big companies being prey to data breaches, businessmen are not enthusiastic about relying on any third party to maintain their data. So, cloud service providers are working on innovating new, improved security measures including firewalls, data encryption, routine security audits, and anti-virus software. Once you are sure about the vendors’ security undertakings, you can figure out which plan suits your specific requirements.
LOCATION OF YOUR CLOUD STORAGE
Storing data on the cloud is very much like storing it on a physical location. You need to understand from the cloud service provider where your data will be located on the cloud. Suppose your data is located in another country, it may be affected by that country’s laws and the data can be accessed and controlled as per those laws. Also, another important factor to be considered is whether the data storage location is prone to natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes.
FEATURE SET
Cloud solutions offered by different cloud service providers consist of a variety of features like content management, in-cloud snapshots, in-cloud disaster recovery, file level access, etc. You must be known about what features your cloud solution provider has to offer you.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
A breakdown can happen anytime or at any hour. While choosing a vendor, you need to question about their availability, who to contact in a situation of crisis, or how much time it would require to resolve an issue.
Apart from the above listed considerations, analyzing your business and a discussion with technology experts would give you some other major points to be thought upon while choosing the services of a cloud service vendor.
If you wish to immediately contact a reliable cloud computing solution provider, Net Activity, Inc. can be your partner. Please visit http://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services to understand what we offer or contact Harry Bhatia at 888-545-5346.
