There are many advantages to outsourcing some of your services to the cloud. Among them are huge cost savings, incredible redundancy support, and guaranteed up-time for your critical services!
Just about any of your IT services! If you have a custom application, host your own mail server, or store a lot of data, there is a high chance that you could save a considerable amount of money by outsourcing some of those services to a cloud-based solution!
The “cloud” is not a physical thing. It’s a network of servers that each have a different function. Typically, the network’s overall function is to run applications or deliver a service (i.e. website hosting, email hosting, data storage, etc.) at a lower overall cost than self-hosting those same services.