Overview
THE IT RESOURCE GAP BETWEEN ENTERPRISES AND SMBs
Modern businesses are more reliant on technology than ever. The sheer volume of information that businesses have to keep track of has created a need for increasingly sophisticated and powerful IT infrastructures in every industry.
Larger enterprise businesses often have millions to spend on hardware, software, and staffing for their IT solutions. Small to midsize businesses (SMBs), on the other hand, might have a one-man IT team managing all of their IT infrastructure needs. Or, an SMB might even outsource key IT management tasks to a third-party contractor.
Whether using on-premises or colocated hardware, the cost of buying the hardware needed to handle both current and potential future demand can quickly exhaust an SMB budget. The constant need to update hardware to keep up with industry trends only drives ongoing costs even higher.
Commodity clouds promise savings for businesses, but these clouds take a nickel-and-dime approach to service offerings. Basic necessities such as security and support are treated as extra cost add-ons, which drive the costs of a commodity cloud provider much higher than the initial estimate.
However, there is a way for SMBs to acquire enterprise-grade IT infrastructure on a tight budget: using premium cloud services.
