A Guide To Cloud Computing For Small Business

Small Business Trends magazine offers a 16-point process for making decisions about whether, when and how to implement a cloud computing strategy.

"Let’s start with defining cloud computing. Cloud computing can simply be defined as a computing model in which services (e.g. web based email) and storage (e.g. web hosting) are provided over the Internet.

When most small business owners or new software companies talk about cloud computing, they usually mean an application that runs from the web and not directly from your not-connected-to-the-Internet desktop (software as a service or SaaS)."