ERP Cloud Computing

Hardware and software no longer have to be purchased and operated by the company itself. IT can now also be rented in many areas. The data and applications are no longer located on your company's local computer, but the ERP in the cloud, meaning that you rent a service in a remote data center and someone operates the service for you there. However, even if many users and decision-makers still often think so, this does not mean that the data is stored unsecured in the network so that anyone can access it. It simply means that your data is no longer stored directly with you, but is stored externally. Of course, you always have access to your data. The advantages of the cloud solution are greater flexibility, scalability and significantly lower costs, as you no longer need your own server structure.

In your private life, too, there are certainly some examples where you (perhaps unknowingly) use a cloud service. Do you have a Dropbox account, for example? Then you are using a cloud service. If you own an Apple device, you probably use the iCloud. This is also a cloud service. Even the software giant Adobe now only offers its Creative Suite products, such as Photoshop or InDesign, on a rental basis as Creative Cloud, as the trend is moving away from purchased software towards cloud offerings. So there are both paid cloud services and free ones.

However, when choosing your cloud provider, make sure that all relevant security regulations are met. Incidentally, Germany has the strictest security regulations in the world, which is why many companies opt for a cloud "Made in Germany", such as ownERP.