{"id":16773,"date":"2017-09-13T05:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T05:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/?p=16773"},"modified":"2019-02-13T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:41:12","slug":"the-only-solution-is-migrating-erp-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/?p=16773","title":{"rendered":"The only solution is migrating ERP to the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimately, the question remains the same: Is <strong>cloud-computing<\/strong> suitable for all businesses, regardless of their size, complications and security needs? If it means anything, <strong>Gartner <\/strong>estimates that by 2018 at least 30% of all businesses providing services will have <strong>migrated the majority of their ERP applications to the cloud<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take a look at some significant advantages.<\/p>\n<h2>Cost<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cloud-based ERP services are provided based on the subscription model<\/strong>, and as such can reduce the initial capital investment required for the acquisition of a solution. The same applies for the operational and deployment expenses that can be paid with a subscription and, therefore, are far more cost-effective in comparison to the traditional approach regarding deployment, maintenance and hosting.<\/p>\n<h2>Quick and simple deployment<\/h2>\n<p>The customization of a traditional ERP system, in order for the business to be able to take full advantage of its capabilities, requires a significant amount of time. On the other hand, <strong>cloud-based systems are designed so as to be fully functional in a minimum amount of time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Flexibility and scalability<\/h2>\n<p>If your business is growing and you have a <strong>cloud-based ERP system<\/strong>, <strong>you can add new features and business functions in a very simple way<\/strong>. This is achieved without your business having to acquire and customize more add-ons. As a result, cloud-computing becomes even more attractive when it comes to modern business needs.<\/p>\n<h2>Simplified upgrading<\/h2>\n<p>Those who have opted for cloud-based ERP systems can take advantage of the benefits offered by system upgrades, as well as upgrades to a new version released by their service provider, without bearing the relevant cost or suffering any inconvenience, as the case is with on-premise ERP systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Free maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>If you decide to adopt a <strong>cloud-based ERP solution<\/strong>, you no longer have to use your own hardware and software, and as a result you can <strong>reduce the typical maintenance expenses<\/strong>. This means that you can focus on your business development, without having to worry about hardware or hiring specialized IT personnel to handle your system\u2019s operation and maintenance. With cloud-based ERP systems, <strong>the provider ensures you have the necessary backups<\/strong> to avoid any risk of data loss. Usually, this is done by keeping data copies in at least two different locations. Your <strong>cloud ERP provider is certainly able to offer you more reliable data safety and disaster prevention plans<\/strong> than what your business could on its own.<\/p>\n<h2>Seamless system integration<\/h2>\n<p>Cloud-based solutions are designed so as to allow seamless interoperability with other products, and therefore can support the addition of other features both now and in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimately, the question remains the same: Is cloud-computing suitable for all businesses, regardless of their size, complications and security needs? If it means anything, Gartner estimates that by 2018 at least 30% of all businesses providing services will have migrated the majority of their ERP applications to the cloud. Let\u2019s take a look at some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/?p=16773\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The only solution is migrating ERP to the cloud<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[101],"tags":[151,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17623,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16773\/revisions\/17623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softone.com.cy\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}