Entries by Kirill Bensonoff

Best Cloud Apps for Taking Notes

When you’re called into a meeting, do you grab a pen and notepad? Or are you one of the growing number of professionals who now uses a tablet for note-taking during meetings? Thanks to cloud hosting, professionals can enjoy the same pen-and-paper functionality with an electronic device. Best of all, notes can be exported to […]

Cloud Solutions Make Electronic Payments Easier Than Ever

Amazon revolutionized online shopping, partly through creating an environment where customers felt comfortable storing credit card information. In large part due to this comfort, many consumers can now order items on the site with one click, whether on a smartphone, Kindle, tablet, or PC. Cloud Payments This ease of payment is becoming more commonplace than […]

Password Protecting Your Cloud Data: What You Should Know

As businesses across the world spent the early part of 2014 worrying about the Target data breach, many didn’t realize that the biggest threat resides inside their own organizations. Passwords are the top cause of data breaches, according to experts, with users regularly using weak passwords that can easily be cracked. Enterprise-Level Responsibility This doesn’t […]

Migrating to the Cloud? Be Sure You’ll Have Customer Support

Today’s savvy consumer researches a product exhaustively before making a purchase. Online reviews, customer service and warranty options, and return policies all factor in, often chasing away potential customers. Yet when it comes to making the move to the cloud, often businesses focus on security and reliability, paying little attention to customer service. Only when something goes […]

Your Employees May Be Using Cloud Computing Without Your Permission

Cloud solutions are growing in usage across the globe, but a recent survey suggests some of those uses may be slipping beneath businesses’ radar. The survey, hosted by 451 Research and published by Microsoft, looked at more than 2,000 executives and found a noticeable amount of shadow IT and off-budget cloud purchases. Surprisingly, executives are […]

Are You Recording Your Customer Calls? These Cloud Solutions Can Help

Any business that deals with customer support via telephone has a need to record calls. By creating and retaining audio copies of calls, administrative staff can regularly monitor calls for quality assurance, as well as have a documented copy of any transaction that took place. But many businesses aren’t aware of the many affordable cloud-based […]

Leadership, Corporate Culture Put 2014’s Best Cloud Employers on Top

Signing bonuses totaling thousands of dollars. Free meals and dry cleaning. We’ve all heard about the perks offered by the world’s top employers, but is that what really makes cloud computing companies stand out among their competitors? Top Employers According to a reported published by Glassdoor.com, Cloud ERP provider FinancialForce.com leads cloud providers as the […]

Could a Cloud Software Provider Power Your Next Conference?

Conferences are a big part of doing business today, providing networking and educational opportunities to businesses in every industry. But technology is changing the way these events unfold, as event planners seek to take advantage of the fact that most attendees are now armed with mobile devices. From IT support to event planning, these mobile […]