TECHNOLOGY
A leap of faith - entrusting your business to the cloud Trusting the cloud with the applications that you use to run your business is a monumental transition for the majority of smaller enterprises , many of whom have been used to more informal , time-honoured solutions .
“ To take those existing processes and put them into something you don ' t see – you ' re entrusting it all to this entity , and that ' s a big leap of faith ,” Schwarz explains .
Interestingly , although cloud automation has long been on the agenda , Schwarz believes that the pandemic proved instrumental in increasing the pace of this shift .
“ I think what happened with the pandemic and the office shutting down was that people finally started to see what the cloud ’ s availability and accessibility really means .”
“ It ' s really forced people to rethink how they ' re deploying their technologies , and what types of technologies they ' re using in their business .”
“ TO TAKE THOSE EXISTING PROCESSES AND PUT THEM INTO SOMETHING YOU DON ' T SEE – YOU ' RE ENTRUSTING IT ALL TO THIS ENTITY , AND THAT ' S A BIG LEAP OF FAITH ”
LISA SCHWARZ SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MARKETING , ORACLE NETSUITE mobile-magazine . com 127