Cloud Computing Benefits

Cloud computing- a ‘trendy’ term that to many, may still sound a bit vague, but once it’s value is understood in its entirety, it is really not so ambiguous.

A recent article from EurActiv, simply defines cloud computing as a term based on the principle that users do not usually own the physical infrastructure which hosts applications and software. Keeping that in mind, cloud computing comes into focus when thinking about what IT always needs: a way to augment capacity or add capabilities on demand without investing in new infrastructure, personnel, or software. Cloud computing includes any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that can expand IT's existing capabilities in real time, over the Internet.

Viviane Reding, EU Information Society Commissioner advised SMBs that cloud computing services are the cure needed for the current economic downturn. She strongly believes that cloud computing services can increase business productivity by changing from fixed costs (i.e. hiring staff or buying PCs) to variable costs (i.e. you only pay for what you use).

During her speech, Reding highlighted some very valuable points. In Europe, there are 23 million SMBs, making up to 99% of all of their firms. However, SMBs continue to fall behind in the use of ICT tools that can enhance overall productivity.  It was estimated that a million new jobs could be created simply by relocating office activities to the cloud. This can potentially add up to 0.2% to Europe’s annual GDP within the next five years.   

With cloud computing uncertainty to the side, SMBs worldwide are clearly encouraged to leverage web-based services to begin to overcome the global recession. 

So what are you waiting for?

Enjoy immediate cost savings and the complete benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business through Pingsta ICE™.

New Feature: Pingsta Collaborative Asset Manager (Pingsta CAM™)

A recent report from the Gartner Group states that effective asset management is one of the best means for businesses to achieve immediate IT cost savings: it can yield savings of up to 30% per asset within the first year. However, only about 25% of companies have a decent asset management plan. Unfortunately, many organizations continue to use outdated and extensive excel sheets to record and manage assets, email attachments to share asset data.

To solve this problem, Pingsta just launched a new Pingsta ICE™ service feature called Pingsta Collaborative Asset Manager™ (Pingsta CAM™). Pingsta CAM™ provides businesses of all sizes as well as Government agencies with organization-wide asset management capabilities.

Pingsta CAM™ Benefits Include:

• Enhanced asset management by enabling the collaborative upload, update, and management of all IT assets across multiple locations worldwide in real time.
• Organization-wide visibility to all IT assets such as routers, switches, firewalls, data center servers and storage networking via an intelligent world map mashup.
• Reduced costs and pay-per-asset while dramatically improving efficiencies because Pingsta CAM™ requires no software to download, setup nor maintain.
• Enhanced global cross-functional collaboration organization-wide.
• End-to-end real-time visibility and global accessibility to accurate corporate asset data.
• Improved service delivery, employee productivity and the balance sheet.

How does it work?
Pretty simple.

Sign up for free to a Pingsta ICE™ edition (e.g. Service Provider, Enterprise, or Pro), from your Pingsta ICE™ dashboard, click on the "Assets" tab, and begin adding your IT assets.

As the default account administrator, you can also add other corporate users within your organization that are involved in asset acquisition, implementation and management such as procurement, engineering, finance etc. to the same asset map so that it can be collaboratively updated.

To learn more, watch the Pingsta CAM™ video or contact Pingsta and an account manager will be glad to help you further.

To get started, make sure to sign up today for a free 90-day trial and begin leveraging Pingsta CAM™ to unify and simplify your entire asset inventory through Pingsta's collaborative web 2.0 platform.