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Cloud Computing

February 17, 2022

Building a Secure Environment for Collaboration

More workplaces than ever before are utilizing the power of remote technology, but this also creates problems with security that must be addressed. How can you ensure that your organization isn’t putting itself at risk as a result of this general displacement of your workforce? Let’s discuss some action items you might choose to implement for your business.

What Changes When People Work Remotely?

One big change your employees might not grasp is that working remotely effectively distributes your entire operational infrastructure across many networks, most of which your organization has no control over. This means that employees have to do a lot of legwork to keep your business secure, too. When more devices are added to the network, more opportunities arise for hackers to make their way to your infrastructure.

When onboarding new employees, be sure to include the expected protocols for working remotely. This includes who supplies the devices, where important data is hosted, how employees are accessing said data (including devices/networks), whether or not a VPN is involved, etc. All of it must be included, and if you don’t keep your employees apprised of the expectations—especially new ones—they will not comply.

The Threat of Personal Devices

Many employers might find themselves gawking at the concept of purchasing new endpoints for each remote employee. While one might argue that, from a security standpoint, it is an effective use of funds, it isn’t the most functional. Personal devices might save you money, but they are not going to be as secure, as you have no control over their operating systems, installed software, password practices, and so on.

Data breaches happen even to secured systems, so imagine the pain of dodging these bullets with even more open vulnerabilities. To this end, be sure that all company-owned data is saved to company-controlled infrastructures, like an on-site server or cloud platform. If you can limit the amount of company data on employee devices, you can better secure it.

Collaboration Challenges

Employees now depend on collaboration apps to get projects done and to keep communication lines open, but these tools are not necessarily designed to prioritize security. One way you can ensure that security is not put at risk is by isolating conversations to specific users or groups. This will keep you from overexposing certain data to unsecured parties. This can happen fairly easily, especially for larger or medium-sized organizations.

The need to train your employees cannot be overstated. You must invest resources into ensuring that your employees are receiving the training needed to prioritize security. While they don’t need to become security experts, even the basics can be enough to improve cybersecurity standards for your organization. Consider teaching them how to identify spam attacks, how to create complex passwords, etc.

If you need some help with preparing your business for remote communications that prioritize security, Net Activity can help. To learn more, reach out to us at 215-503-5150.

By admin
January 10, 2022

Are You Doing Everything You Can to Make the Cloud Work for You?

Cloud computing is being used by nearly everyone nowadays, and most of the time it presents a lot of value that can’t be found with purchasing, managing, and maintaining an in-house computing infrastructure. As an organization begins moving more and more of their computing to the cloud, there is a situation that arises that industry professionals call “cloud sprawl”. 

 

What is Cloud Sprawl?

Cloud sprawl is the loss of awareness about cloud computing expenses that can add up if not monitored carefully. For example, say you have a project that requires a certain software title to complete it. You decided to get each member of the team a subscription to a certain Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) title. As the project extends, more people are added, but when the project is completed the accounts that were added subsequently aren’t canceled immediately. If they are found three months later, you are on the hook for the monthly cost of the software and infrastructure related to it.

 

This may seem like a small issue, but for organizations of dozens of departments, hundreds of project teams, and thousands of user accounts, you are talking about a large waste of capital. Wasting money buying things that aren’t being used is always frustrating, but it’s even more of a problem when with a little foresight and reliable documentation (and procedure), these expenses can be completely eliminated. 

 

The first thing you will have to do if you want to control your organization’s cloud expenses is to design, and completely map, a computing infrastructure that takes into account all current infrastructure plans, projects, and future computing investments. Once your entire infrastructure is completely mapped, it should be much easier adding and subtracting cloud resources based on need.

 

What is Cloud Complexity?

Cloud complexity is exactly what it sounds like. Not all software deployments are cost-effective if you use the SaaS per-user model. There are definitely applications that your business uses that you want to host and manage yourself to ensure that it is secured the way you need it to be. Most businesses need to meet some type of regulatory requirements—and with much of that requiring proof of security—hosting those applications and data offsite may make it a little more difficult (and probably much more expensive). 

 

Other examples of cloud complexity are when organizations decide that they want to migrate away from onsite infrastructure and don’t take into account the different configurations that cloud platforms present. One major problem is that when an organization decides to migrate data and applications into a cloud-hosted environment, the legacy infrastructure (servers, databases, and other computing platforms) continues to exist for some time. 

 

Also, cloud options are unhindered by compatibility and compliance. Hosted infrastructure makes it easy to select whichever brand or functionality your organization needs. All these moving parts can make cloud computing a maddening jumble of sudden changes that can waste plenty of time and money if left unchecked. 

 

What is Cloud Security?

Since the advent of cloud computing, IT professionals have been asking this question. The biggest problem with cloud computing was the fact that they had little to no control over the setup and management of the underlying computing infrastructure. The single sign-on feature of most cloud platforms was (and is) disconcerting to the IT professional tasked with securing your organization’s technology. 

 

The truth is, cloud security is strong and shouldn’t be too worrisome for organizations using cloud computing for most enterprise computing needs. There are a few things you can do to ensure that your cloud security is commensurate with the IT security you have for your physical infrastructure. They include:

 

  • Backup and recovery – Hackers do attack cloud systems, this much is true, and if something were to happen in your cloud platforms, having a reliable backup and strong data recovery plan in place would take a lot of the heat off.
  • Multi-factor authentication – One of the biggest problems with cloud platforms from a security perspective is the single sign-on. Today, all cloud platforms support multi-factor authentication procedures that work to enhance an organization’s ability to keep unwanted entities out of cloud platforms. 
  • Use encryption – Data is data regardless of where you store it. To protect any data, you will want to use encryption. Encryption restricts access to data and when looking to build secure practices around data, it is one of the best solutions out there.

 

The cloud is changing the face of business, but it does have its drawbacks. If you would like to have a conversation about your organization’s use of cloud computing and how you can use the cloud more effectively, give Net Activity a call at 216-503-5150.

By admin
November 22, 2021

Microsoft Windows 7 And 8 OneDrive Support Is Ending

Are you a OneDrive user running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1? If so be aware that on January 1st, 2022 your OneDrive desktop application will reach end of support.

The company offered the following by way of explanation:

“In order to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems and to provide users with the most up-to-date and secure experience beginning January 1, 2022, updates will no longer be provided for the OneDrive desktop application on your personal Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 devices.

Personal OneDrive desktop applications running on these operating systems will stop syncing to the cloud on March 1, 2022. After March 1st, 2022 your personal files will no longer sync and should be uploaded/accessed directly on OneDrive for web.”

The good news is that your OneDrive files aren’t going anywhere. So you don’t have to worry about finding a new cloud-based file storage system. This is definitely more than a minor inconvenience and yet another reason to strongly consider upgrading your PC and your OS to something more modern.

As things stand the clock is ticking for extended support for the OSes mentioned above. It won’t be long before you lose the protection offered by periodic security updates. Before that happens you need to be thinking in terms of steps to protect yourself and all your data regardless of where it lives.

Although it is highly inconvenient for people running those older Operating Systems it’s completely understandable that Microsoft is taking this stance. Though the company has deep pockets it also has a sprawling catalog of products to maintain. At a certain point they simply have to say goodbye to older applications. Upgrade before the clock runs out.

By admin
January 31, 2020

Microsoft Teams Empowers Your Employees to Work Remotely

Remote work is increasingly popular, and it’s no wonder why. Working remotely has many benefits for employers and employees alike. Still, there are some challenges that often need to be addressed, both within the office and its technology.

Remote workers can begin to feel disconnected from other employees, and they may have some difficulty working effectively with in-office workers. MS Teams can help.

The Advantages of Remote Work for Employers and Employees

Over the past decade, both employers and employees have seen the growing advantages of remote work. Employers can pull from a global pool of talent. And employees are able to work from where they feel most comfortable and productive. Today, offices can be entirely decentralized.

The advantages of remote work for employers include:

  • Gaining access to a wider talent pool. Employers are no longer confined to their geographical limitations. They can get employees from anywhere, including other countries. Employers may be able to acquire more affordable and specialized talent, as well as workers that fit best in their company culture.
  • Saving money on large, brick-and-mortar offices. Rather than having large physical offices, employers can instead maintain smaller offices and allow employees to work from home. That drastically reduces their costs.
  • Drawing in better talent. Remote work is highly desirable. High-value employees are more likely to work with companies that provide remote work. Employers don’t just get access to a wider talent pool: they also get access to an even better talent pool.

 

The advantages of remote work for employees include:

  • Achieving a healthier work-life balance. Employees are better able to take care of their home and their family when they can work from home. They don’t need to spend additional time getting to the office and getting settled. Work-life balance is more important to today’s employees, and it’s important for an employer to support.
  • Avoiding stressful commutes. Commutes can be upwards of an hour for some employees, and they dig into an employee’s personal time. Employees who commute to work end up stressed by the time that they arrive, and they become frustrated and upset when they’re at work. A stressful employee isn’t a productive employee.
  • Being more productive overall. Studies have shown that remote workers are more productive than in-office employees. When employees have complete control over their office space and are able to work as they desire, they can get more done. Likewise, when they don’t have to worry about things like a lengthy commute, or office hours, they can better focus.

 

Working from home is a win/win situation. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some challenges that have to be addressed before a company can begin remote initiatives.

Counter the Challenges Remote Work Creates with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft provides a breadth of work from home productivity tools, including MS Teams. Teams can connect employees seamlessly, regardless of whether they’re in a cubicle down the hall or on the other side of the country. With better Microsoft Team collaboration, teams will be able to work more effectively with each other, and they will be able to maintain a healthy rapport.

A few of the major features of Microsoft Teams:

  • Consolidated calendars. MS Teams integrates with the Exchange Calendar system. Employees can easily see their deadlines, meetings, and other events, so they’re never caught off guard. Meetings can even be launched from within calendars and scheduled seamlessly through the MS Teams platform.
  • Video conferencing. Remote workers can feel disconnected because they don’t have the type of face-to-face interactions that other employees do. Video conferencing allows for direct communication, including non-verbal cues. Through video conferencing, employees can feel closer to each other.
  • Group chats. A group chat makes it possible for all employees to remain on the same page, regardless of where they physically are. All employees are updated at the same time, and there’s always the option of one-on-one instant messaging for things that aren’t applicable to the whole group.
  • One-on-one instant messaging. Often, messaging is a fast, non-disruptive way to communicate. Employees working remotely are able to get answers quickly without having to disrupt the work of in-office employees, while in-office employees can get answers from remote workers without having to track them down.
  • Project management. Through project management integration MS Teams makes it possible for employees to quickly check a dashboard of their current projects and tasks. Employees will be able to review the tasks that they have yet to complete while also seeing what other employees are currently prioritizing.
  • Document management. One of the highlights of Microsoft Team collaboration lies in the Microsoft ecosystem. MS Teams makes it easy to trade information, such as sending documents to each other as attachments. Through Microsoft integration, documents such as PowerPoint files and Word files can be worked on together, and better collaboration can be achieved.

Through MS Teams, employees are able to work out of the office as though they are still in the office, gaining all the advantages of working from home without any of the negatives. They are able to better communicate and collaborate with other employees, while also getting easy access to the information, application, and other tools they need.

Are you ready to think about Microsoft Teams? Reach out to Net Activity to get started with Teams collaboration suite.

By admin
October 10, 2019

Why Is Microsoft Azure Rated as the World’s Most Popular Cloud Computing Platform?

Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud based application platform that is designed for hosting, managing and developing applications off-site. The several components of Microsoft Azure are SQL Azure, cloud operating system and .NET services. The cloud service runs on computers that are located in Microsoft data centers. Here are 7 reasons why most organizations consider using Windows Azure as their cloud computing platform.

FAMILIARITY WITH WINDOWS

Azure is built on Windows making it easier to write applications as it uses the same programming languages that are used for Windows apps like C#, C++, Visual Basic etc. This makes the organization’s hiring process easy as they would not face any difficulty in finding developers who have the skillset to create applications for the Azure platform.

64-BIT WINDOWS VMs

Each instance of the Azure apps runs on its own VM on the 64-bit Windows Server 2008 operating system.Therefore, users do not need to supply VMs or manage and maintain the OS as the apps are developed using worker role instances or web role instances that run in their own VMs. With Microsoft Azure, you do not have to worry about the hardware.

AZURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT

The Windows Azure software development kit includes a version the Azure environment called the Windows Azure Development Fabricthat runs on any computer.  It also includes the Azure storage and agent. It allows you to work locally even while debugging of developing an application and then move it to the cloud.

FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITY

The Azure platform is secure, scalable and provides performance-efficient storage services in the cloud. If you need to scale up, it is as easy as changing the settings where you specify the number of processors for the applications to use. Moreover, with “pay-as-you-go” model lets you to respond quickly to customers’ needs.

EFFICIENT PRICING MODEL

The pricing of Windows Azure services are purely based on consumption. So, you pay only for what you use. With Azure, the cost of creating, debugging, testing, and distributing web-based application goes down as you only have to pay for the storage space and computer processing time you need.

FAMILIAR SUPPORT RESOURCES

As Azure uses tools and technologies that are similar to other Windows platform, businesses can take advantage of support resources that are well-known and well-established such as MSDN and TechNet.

INTEROPERABILITY

Azure allows you to develop hybrid applications and its communications services work between cloud and on-premises applications as well as mobile devices. Azure also supports open standards and internet protocols such as SOAP, REST, XML, and HTTP. There are SDKs for PHP, Ruby, and Java for compatibility with applications written in these languages.

Net Activity, Inc. is a Tier 1 Microsoft partner and Windows Azure cloud service provider since 2002. To know further details about our cloud service offerings, please visit https://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services.

By admin
May 13, 2019

4 Ways an Office 365 Migration can FAIL

Office 365, the cloud-based version of Office, is one of the most popular software suites used by small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today. With an ever-increasing number of companies migrating to this solution, it’s not surprising that many others are considering making the move. However, there’s always a chance of migration failure. Learn how to avoid this by knowing the five most common ways that Office 365 migration can fail.1. Slow internet connection speedsTo avoid this, ask an Office 365 provider to test your existing network connections to ensure that your internet connection can handle the migration and day-to-day operation of Office 365. If not, they should be able to offer you a more efficient solution.Because Office 365 is primarily cloud-based, you are going to need a connection with a solid bandwidth. When migrating your files and system over to Office 365, you will likely need to consume a large quantity of bandwidth. This demand will often be enough to tax most small business lines, resulting in slower internet speeds all around during the process. Employees might struggle to do their jobs properly if they’re reliant on the internet, so it is recommended to do migrations during off hours.Beyond this, Office 365 is most often delivered over an internet connection, rather than in-house servers. This means that the day-to-day demand for bandwidth will increase. If you are already noticing slow speeds and service interruptions before implementing Office 365, you will likely see these issues compounded after implementation.2. Mailboxes and files are too bigWhile the business versions of Office 365 come with 100 GB of email storage and over 1 TB of file storage per user, getting your emails and files online could take a while, especially if you have users whose inboxes are approaching the storage limit.As a general rule of thumb, larger files will cause the migration of files to take longer. If you don’t prepare for this, then you could see migration affecting work or even causing recurring issues of unavailable data when it’s needed.To avoid this, encourage your staff to archive their email inboxes and either delete or remove emails with large attachments that aren’t necessary.3. Uninformed usersThe average Office 365 migration takes around one to three days, depending on the size of the business and the amount of data being carried over. If you start migration without informing users that some files and emails won’t be accessible during this period, or that some systems may not be working, you could end up with employees unable to do their jobs and creating resentment for the new platform.Instead, inform your employees about how the migration will run and what they can expect during the process. Beyond this, you should run training sessions on how to use the new systems to ensure that everyone is briefed before they start to use them. This will increase the overall chance that the platform migration and subsequent use will be successful.
  1. Older, less compatible software installed on systems
While many versions of Office 365 do come with subscriptions to the latest version of Microsoft Office, there’s built-in support for systems that are running slightly older versions of Office. If your business is using a version older than Office 2010 (e.g., Office 2003), you won’t be able to properly use Office 365.Beyond this, you’ll also need to use the latest version of your internet browser. If you use Chrome or Firefox, this won’t be a problem. However, if you use Internet Explorer, you may run into issues, as Microsoft has already discontinued the program in favor of Microsoft Edge.The good news about Office 365 is that actual systems requirements are low, so almost every business will be able to integrate it. We recommend that in order to be able to use all of Office 365’s features, ask your provider to ensure that your software and systems are compatible with it.5. DIY migrationsOn paper, migrating to Office 365 is a fairly simple and straightforward process. What many companies find when they do the migration themselves is that the process is much more difficult than expected. They come across unexpected issues that require an IT expert to solve.In order to ensure a smooth migration, it’s a good idea to work with an IT provider like us. We can ensure that your systems are ready and the migration is smooth. Contact Net Activity today to learn more.
By Netactivity
April 5, 2018

9 Office 365 Features That Will Supercharge Your Productivity

Out of the hundreds of Office 365 features and tools available to you, you’re probably using only 10-15% of them. This could be due to a lack of training or an unfamiliarity with some of the advanced options available in Word and Excel. But it’s easy to optimize your Office 365 investment by learning more about the following communication and collaboration features.

Here are 9 of our favorite Office 365 features that will enhance your productivity:

SharePoint

SharePoint is the “communication sites” platform for building an intranet where you can upload and manage content. It’s customizable, feature-rich, and ideal for organizations that need an online library of information.

It’s a relatively new Office 365 feature that allows you to add vibrant templates and visually appealing layouts to your company’s intranet, turning it into a highly dynamic and interactive page that staff will enjoy accessing for company announcements, to share updates, and more.

Teams

Microsoft Teams is an interactive workspace that lets users chat about specific projects. It’s a collaboration tool integrated with Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so it’s an ideal alternative to SharePoint for employees who don’t need the latter’s more robust capabilities.

Yammer

Yammer is an easy-to-use social networking platform for companies where users can post status updates, create polls, and make announcements. It’s also useful for sharing and co-authoring documents and discussing content from SharePoint and Skype for Business. Much like Facebook, it allows users to join interest groups where they can interact with members similar to how Facebook Groups works.

Planner

Planner is Office 365’s work management application that lets you create, organize, and assign tasks, share files, and chat about ongoing projects. While its functions seem similar to Teams’, Planner’s main purpose is to organize tasks and provide users with a visible and transparent platform for coordinating work. It’s primarily a business tool whereas Teams is more of a communication tool.

Clutter

Clutter can help you filter low priority email messages saving time for the most important ones. The email server keeps track of the emails that you read and those that you do not. As less important messages arrive they are automatically moved to the Clutter folder.

Delve

Delve makes it easy to access your documents by foregrounding content from across Office 365 that is most relevant to you. Delve displays documents (primarily from SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business) in a dashboard personalized to you, giving prominence to documents that have been shared with you, you’ve worked on or identified as ‘favorites’.  It also lets you know who is working on what, and facilitates collaboration, for instance by making it easy to search for or to share documents.

Sway

Sway allows you to combine text, images, video, and social media into an interactive presentation. It’s essentially an onboarding tool that allows you to teach a new skill, or guide someone through a new process, remotely. It is well suited to making a viewer navigate through content online by themselves, rather than the material being presented by another individual.

Flow

Flow is an intuitive tool that has built-in templates you can use to automate various tasks. Things like tracking hours worked, saving files from one SharePoint account to another, and creating calendar events are streamlined by Flow. And like all the aforementioned apps, Flow allows you to create workflows using files from OneDrive or SharePoint.

PowerApps

PowerApps lets you build custom applications with a minimum amount of coding involved. Although there are similar app-building tools on the market, PowerApps is especially useful for Office 365 users because it seamlessly integrates with O365 apps, including SharePoint, for easy access to your data already stored in the Office environment.

Whether you’re a new or a long-time Office 365 user, these programs and features are hiding in plain sight, and we’re here to help you explore and maximize them for your business. If you have any additional questions about how you can use  Office 365 features to increase collaboration and save resources in your company, We’re passionate about helping organizations optimize their technology and workflow. Contact us to day at 216-503-5150. We’d be honored to help you find the best IT solutions and meet your business goals.

By admin
November 20, 2017

Hybrid Cloud – Definition, Benefits, & Limitations

Though cloud computing is not a new concept, it has its own set of complexities and people often try to overlook them ending up in choosing a cloud server that does not suit their specific business purpose. Since hybrid cloud is still a mystery for many, here is a brief understanding of what hybrid cloud is and how it helps businesses.

Hybrid Cloud Computing Benefits

What is Hybrid Cloud?

As the name suggests, hybrid cloud is a combination of public cloud server and a private cloud platform. Both these cloud infrastructures operate independent of each other and communicate using a technology that permits the portability of applications and data over an encrypted connection. The point of focus here is the public and private clouds work independently so that the business can extract the ability to leverage resources using a public cloud service and store privileged data on a private cloud server. This arrangement is very beneficial as there’s minimal exposure of data that ensures protection of sensitive data.

What are the benefits?

One of the major benefits of hybrid cloud computing is utilization of a private infrastructure that enhances latency and access time when compared to public cloud servers. The volleying of threats among service providers and the halting of Net Neutrality, it’s not unacceptable that businesses rely on a single source. This is where switching to Hybrid Cloud servers is a game changer. Apart from securing your data, the hybrid cloud computing model provides a computational on-premise infrastructure that manages average workload for organizations while retaining the public cloud servers for failover circumstances.

What are the limitations?

Besides all the advantages hybrid cloud provides, it exhibits its own set of limitations and certain privacy/security issues. The network used to transfer information can be sometimes subjected to third-party interference. Data transfer is a critical operation that is very sensitive as it takes place across a network. Another point of thought is the price factor. There are many organizations that have a thin budget and as a result can’t afford the hybrid cloud solution. The upfront costs of acquiring the private servers are substantially high and are a deciding point for those who can otherwise opt for public cloud servers.

At Net Activity, Inc. we provide public, private, and hybrid cloud computing solutions to organizations. Please visit us at https://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services to know more about our cloud services or call us at 888-545-5346.

By admin
September 12, 2017

Why Choose Hybrid Cloud over The Public & Private Clouds?

For several years now, enterprises have been concentrating on cloud computing solutions but there is a small group that is extremely security conscious and therefore hesitates to move their workloads and precious data into the cloud. Hybrid cloud model comes to the rescue of such a class of organizations that offers a combination of private and public cloud networks and thereby is a more organized, customized, and secure platform. In a hybrid network, the private and public cloud infrastructures, which otherwise operate as independent entities, communicating over an encrypted connection.

Hybrid Cloud Computing

The hybrid arrangement allows organizations to store their highly precious and privileged data on a private cloud while providing the flexibility to leverage computational resources from the public cloud. The most obvious benefit of a hybrid cloud environment is that enterprises can have on premise, private infrastructure resulting in reduced access time and latency when compared to the public cloud networks. The feature of leveraging to the public cloud for any failover circumstance provides an additional benefit of paying for the extra compute only when the resources are utilized.

Hybrid computing creates a balance between internal assets and external services. On one hand, it enables technology to optimize its infrastructure to meet business needs while maintaining security and reliability of vital data and applications. On the hand, it allows access to the public cloud’s storage and network capacity for routine operations and additional space on demand.

Let us consider the following criteria to decide whether hybrid cloud solution is designed to suit your business needs:

Reliability–A network downtime is really frustrating and unaffordable. So, you must enquire about the service provider’s redundancy capacity and ensure that there are no points of failure.

Security – Before finalizing a hybrid cloud computing service, enquire about the provider’s flexibility to be compliant to the security and privacy regulations that are specific to your industry.

SLAs – Check how your hybrid cloud partner’s service level agreements are defined.

Latency – Enquire how hybrid cloud service providers run applications and whether data transfers across platforms are involved.

Hybrid cloud is a likely answer to enterprises looking for more flexibility in balancing the priorities of business and cloud infrastructure. However, choosing the right hybrid cloud computing service provider is important. In Cleveland, Net Activity, Inc. is an established cloud solution provider offering customizable plans for all business sizes. We are a team of professionals serving a large base of clientele since 2002. For more details about our services, please visit https://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services or feel free to contact Harry Bhatia at 888-545-5346.

By admin
August 10, 2017

Cloud Computing for Healthcare Industry – How Hospitals Can Use the Cloud?

The Healthcare industry moves at a slow pace when it comes to adopting technological changes and most of the organizations prefer to have paper records, film based images, duplicate tests, handwritten notes, and relies on outdated technology for communications. However, as other industries have flourished and improvised their culture by adapting to the cloud platform, the healthcare industry also has a whole lot to explore and benefit from the cloud.

Cloud computing uses internet-based servers to store, manage, and process data while enabling on-demand access to a shared pool of networks. Healthcare industry is also experiencing a drastic shift towards a care model that is information-centered and value based. To support this shift, cloud computing extends its support and has become prevalent over the past decade.

Cloud Computing for Hospitals

There are a variety of options available for healthcare providers to choose from.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

In case the healthcare provider requires custom software, mobile application, or data analysis program, SaaS can help by providing on-demand resources from cloud-based servers located around the world.

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

PaaS enables healthcare providers to code and deploy applications efficiently and quickly. PaaS is a category that allows customers to develop and manage applications without needing to maintain a typical infrastructure for creating and launching an app.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

When healthcare providers prefer a highly automated and standardized platform with ample storage and networking capabilities that is owned and hosted by a third-party service provider and can be made available to general users on-demand, IaaS is the solution for them.

How does cloud computing benefit the healthcare organizations?

The benefits of cloud services can be categorized in clinical and non-clinical. The clinical advantages include managing EHRs of patients, ease of transferring information, enhanced clinical research and long term statistical analysis. However, the clinical applications contribute only 52.4% of the cloud usage by healthcare providers. 73.4% of the cloud applications aid in the non-clinical functions like the administrative tasks. Healthcare professionals prefer using the cloud services more for the administrative tasks like payroll management and other IT related functions as it eases them from the hassle and allows them to concentrate in what they are best at.

Cloud computing services for the healthcare industry are designed to simplify calculations, lessen IT infrastructure costs, smoothen modern day latest technology adaption, and enable a high-tech healthcare environment that is lucrative for patients and convenient for doctors or physicians. We offer reliable cloud computing services for the healthcare industry and have assisted many healthcare organizations achieve a hassle-free IT collaboration. Please visit https://www.netactivity.us/who-we-help/health-care to understand our service offerings better or get in touch with Harry Bhatia at 888-545-5346.

By admin

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