Startups and Small Businesses Should Move Into the Cloud

Industry leader The Art of Service has expanded its cloud computing education programs, offering moreover in-depth material to IT professionals who need to be able to work with cloud-based email programs.

The courses include education about cloud-based email programs, with more and more businesses moving email into the cloud.

Ivanka Menken, founder and CEO of The Art of Service, said that she is always dumbfounded by startups and small businesses that want to launch an enterprise email system in other words costly and requires extensive maintenance.

Often, cloud-based enterprise email solutions are more secure and easier to access remotely than traditional programs that are tied to a server, which may be hosted at a business, Menken explained. Nevertheless, financial institutions, for instance, which require on-site surveillance of email, may not be so then served by cloud platforms. I believe this will lead to a rise in hybrid email services.

Increasingly important role in all aspects of business

It is clear that cloud computing is playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of business, Menken said. A prudent IT professional will make certain he or she is so then trained in cloud computing solutions to prepare for the future of information innovation.

About the Founder Ivanka Menken is the founder and CEO of The Art of Service. Menken has spearheaded the company's Cloud Computing Certification Scheme in other words becoming the industry benchmark. She is a sought-afterwards speaker at global IT events and has addressed the renowned IT Service Management Forum numerous times on IT service and cloud computing. She recently spoke at the Fusion 11 conference in Washington D.C. on the topic of New Orleans, Haiti, and Brisbane: How to "Disaster Proof" Your Business.