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Small business doesn't benefit from cloud computing?

Reply_account 13th Aug 2009

I would argue that small businesses have
benefited greatly from cloud computing.
Amazon's services apparently save tons of money
in startup costs for web businesses. Google
Apps saves tons of money for businesses that
want e-mail and portal services without the
licensing and maintenance costs associated with
in-house services. There are some great CRM
resources online now that deliver services that
used to be unattainable for small businesses. I
would even suggest Monster for its online
resources that offload recruiting and
compliance costs.

I don't know how cloud computing is formally
defined, but I think that any service that is
available in real time on the web could
probably be considered a member of the cloud
computing group.