The large number of SME entrepreneurs who are the driving force behind the national micro-economy is inseparable from their tenacity and persistence in entrepreneurship and business development. They certainly already have systems in place to monitor their businesses, whether IT-based or manual.
However, the challenge for them arises when they use a particular system that requires significant investment to build, both in terms of infrastructure and software applications.
The emergence of Cloud solutions amid the urgent need for systems in SMEs has been well-received by SME entrepreneurs. They benefit from the following value-added features:
SME Entrepreneurs Consider Expensive IT Infrastructure
It is unfortunate if we purchase expensive IT infrastructure because the price is based on the US dollar exchange rate while the rupiah is unstable, so SME entrepreneurs need solutions that do not require large initial investments.
Pay Per Use
SME entrepreneurs can calculate how much they have to pay and they don’t have to dig too deep into their pockets, because they use capacity according to their needs. This is very beneficial for them.
The high mobility of SME entrepreneurs is addressed by the Cloud, which can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
As we know, SME entrepreneurs cannot stay at their desks all the time; they constantly monitor their businesses wherever and whenever they are. Therefore, they tend to use smartphones or tablets when accessing their systems. The cloud can determine whether an application is installed or running on a browser.
No need to worry about hardware and IT expertise
They don’t need to worry about hardware maintenance and IT professionals. With 24/7 cloud services for 365 days a year, the system continues to run and all hardware and maintenance responsibilities are transferred to the Cloud Provider. This means that entrepreneurs can focus more on running and developing their business.
In the event of a natural disaster, the system will continue to operate normally.
Disasters can happen. Floods, earthquakes, and fires can strike the businesses of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs. When this happens, it is almost certain that part of the business will be destroyed and lost, along with all accounting records and data. With the cloud, your data is safe regardless of the location of your business affected by the disaster. This speeds up the business recovery process because the system continues to run.
The value-added benefits mentioned above require business owners to be aware of the importance of using cloud technology in their systems. Business owners generally do not want to be bothered with systems. There are two reasons why business owners are reluctant to use cloud technology:
SME entrepreneurs have manual/traditional systems
Many entrepreneurs still use manual or traditional systems and even rely on their own memory, and their businesses certainly run normally. An example of the weakness of this approach is that when the entrepreneur is sick, the business does not run on that day. In fact, if the entrepreneur incorporates their traditional system into IT, in this case cloud services, then the business will continue to run even if the entrepreneur is sick.
Elderly SME Entrepreneurs
Many older SME entrepreneurs face challenges in using cloud services. Therefore, cloud providers must be careful in building a system that is as simple and easy to use as possible so that age is not a barrier for entrepreneurs to use cloud services.
In fact, if entrepreneurs optimize their existing cloud systems, it will accelerate their business in terms of operations, development, and business continuity so that their businesses always run normally.
The keyword in this blog is: “If all entrepreneurs optimize the use of cloud services in their systems, then watch for the national economic revival that will occur.”
Best regards,
Purwandi – Engineer IndonesianCloud
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