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First off, Happy Halloween!

It’s the time of year where fright is fun and scares are expected. Whether or not haunted houses and ghoulish decor is your cup of tea, you might have experienced a few spooks in your business recently too. Specifically – the illusive cloud.

You have a lot to keep track of in your business. Customer information, sales data, employee details, and more. Although there’s no longer a worry about someone breaking into and destroying the papers in your filing cabinet with all of your business intelligence, there are new concerns to consider.

A lot of small and medium-sized business owners have been inundated with information on how great the cloud is. However, the benefits of cloud computing are endlessly hyped up without any real detail on just how it’s possible to gain them. Increasing productivity and generating more profits sound great, but you have to understand exactly how you can use cloud technology to make it happen.