How the Cloud has Made Remote Work During Coronavirus Far More Efficient

By Special Guest
BERNADINE B. RACOMA
  |  April 22, 2020



Invoicing is Easier

Automated billing for software as a service business or SAAS to help improve efficiency. With all of the online payment options available, invoicing has changed immensely with cloud billing software being the preferred method in a variety of business niches. It will be easy to find various cloud billing solutions with new software being developed daily. Below are other reasons cloud billing solutions are increasing in popularity:

  • Software companies can easily invoice and scale using the cloud to send invoices to millions of customers.
  • Mistakes happen with physical invoices frequently and these can easily be modified on the cloud. Being able to bill via the cloud will reduce payments via check that could potentially carry the virus from certain areas of the world.
  • The integration of this type of solution is seamless and provides ultimate convenience.
  • Online payment solutions make this quite easy to automatically withdraw money for subscription-based models or monthly fees.

Collaboration is Seamless

The ability to work on a document in Google (News - Alert) Suite with various other employees can be incredible. The ability to see the progress of others can actually motivate other employees to be more productive. Unfortunately, there will be some of the staff using this time as a break from putting in full effort. The cloud can help with this and in the following ways:

  • Data backup is extremely important as everyone has deleted a file that was important to a project or client. Keeping information on the cloud can allow you to restore versions from weeks ago.
  • Employees can use various devices to work on the cloud whether it is their smartphone or laptop.
  • The ability to scale a project cannot be stressed enough.
  • Freelancers can be used to work remotely in order to scale a project as mentioned above without access to important files.
  • Security is increased when compared to using other types of platforms.

One aspect to keep in mind is to only give access to certain documents or files to those that need them. Security cannot be stressed enough as cyberattacks could be on the rise with much of the world on lockdown.

In today’s world of uncertainty, it is incredible that there are still people making a healthy living from home. These workers and essential workers are helping keep the economy afloat with the virus having no end in sight. The cloud is allowing businesses to operate as usual which is saving the jobs of so many people around the world.



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