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The October 25th edition of the Economist contains an insightful special report devoted to the topic of Software-as-a-Service, and the increasing significance of the “cloud” in modern business. It’s well worth reading in its entirety, but this excert sums up the report nicely:

In the years to come companies are likely to venture much farther. For one, operators of computing clouds such as Amazon and Google have shown that this is a far more efficient way of running IT systems. Secondly, many firms will find they have no choice. The way in which their IT infrastructure has grown is proving unsustainable. Most corporate data centres today are complex warrens of underused hardware that require more and more people, space and power to keep them going. The current economic malaise will increase the pressure on companies to become more efficient. More has to be done with less, which is cloud computing’s main promise.

Although the definition of the “cloud” is as nebulous (pun intended) as its terminology, it’s clear that the economies of scale offered by certain outcomes of cloud computing, such as Software-as-a-Service, are profound for small businesses.

If you think it’s time to take advantage of cloud computing, maybe it’s time to put your practice in the cloud with Clio.