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Are you making full use of the cloud? 5 ways you can simplify your life with the cloud

09 May 2012

If you don’t know what the “cloud” is, you may have a difficult time understand it the way it’s explained. To borrow a quote from Wikipedia, this is how one of the web’s top information sites defines the cloud: “Cloud computing is a metaphor used by Technology or IT Services companies for the delivery of computing requirements as a service to a heterogeneous community of end-recipients.”

To really simplify this for proper comprehension, the cloud isn’t a physical thing per se. It’s a network of applications, platforms and infrastructures, delivering the network, storage, communications, security, monitoring, a database, and other computing basics to your device – accessed by your Internet. Since these many different essentials exist separate of each other but are still simultaneously accessed by you, it’s like everything’s floating around up there in a cloud.

Of course, knowing about the cloud is only half the battle. Are you using the cloud to your full advantage? If not, you may be surprised to learn that there are numerous benefits of using the cloud to run your online business.

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Business Start-up Key Tools

23 March 2012

Different businesses will have different needs when it comes to starting up.  For example a builder will almost certainly require a white van, while a web designer may only need a computer. 

However, there are some crucial tools that all start-ups should consider having, this post attempts to identify some of the key tools for business start-ups.  Some may be obvious but others may be less so but all should be considered by those starting out on the road to self-employment to ensure they access the benefits the lifestyle has to offer.

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