In this video we're going to talk about Cloud Apps.
We're going to talk about some of the top business apps and which specific industries
might benefit from moving some of their apps into the cloud.
Good day, Dan.
Now, you probably had some interesting experience over the years as the CEO of an IT Services
company when it comes to cloud apps.
What are some of the top business apps that you've ran into that really benefit businesses
when they move to the cloud?
So, some of the top business apps these days would be products like Xero, so traditionally
a business would need financial software on a server or on a computer in their office.
But now Xero enables the business to be able to have their accounting software sitting
in the cloud and accessible on any device anytime of the day no matter where they sit.
The other advantage to using Xero is that your accountant can also have a good close
look at your numbers which may or may not be a good thing for some businesses.
But enables other people to be able to look at your financial data, who you trust, and
who you want to advise you on your business.
Absolutely.
It's not just Xero by the way.
There are others as well.
Just as so that we know, for disclosure we are not a Xero Marketing Company.
Reckon, what is Reckon, and APS and Genie, are these contenders in that space?
So, some of the other financial software would be Reckon.
Reckon cloud would also be a financial software that would enable companies to move their
data into the cloud.
And these are all products which are very easily available.
They are what we would call public cloud products, that enable businesses to be able to just
pay a small amount each month and be able to access their data.
So, businesses would tend to move it into the cloud if they basically didn't want to
build, didn't want to have a server running their financial accounting software anymore.
Instead of having upgrade their server, they just thought, well I wanna pay an amount each
month to be able to run my financial system, that's what something like Reckon or Xero
would be useful.
Okay. Good.
Let's talk about some other industry pieces here beyond accounting software.
In terms of cloud apps for, for example the medical business.
What are some examples of how that might work?
There's quite a few different products out there for medical software.
And it really just comes down to, is it a general practice, or is it specialist office.
Generally, the specialist would go for a product called Genie.
It's one of the more popular ones.
So Genie offer a product that not only sits on a server, can sit on a private cloud environment
like ours but can also sit in the Genie cloud as well.
General practices would use a product called Medical Director and that enables them to
be able to access their patient data, through the Medical Director cloud as well.
What would be some of the advantages of moving to a cloud-based medical system, I think you
had a story, something to do with speed that was worth noting.
A business who move their software into the cloud generally for, you know, couple of reasons.
It would be the speed of that application, they want that application to be faster for
many of their users.
So particularly if they work across multiple offices, it's always the best way to get that
software accessible is to have it in the cloud as oppose to have it sitting on a server in
your office.
So you move it into the cloud for speed.
You generally also move into the cloud for that consistent back-up as well.
Because a lot of medical practices need to make sure that their data is being backed-up
and is secure and properly backed-up in the places where it needs to be.
So medical practices would move it into the cloud to ensure that it's always getting backed-up.
And it's a reliable system.
That makes sense.
So what I'm hearing is that you move things to the cloud for speed, for security and to
be adequately backed-up at the same time.
That's correct.
Alright, I think I've got that.
Thanks very much.
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