The term “the cloud” has become ubiquitous in our lives today. However, it is still shrouded in a bit of mystery for some. In reality the cloud is nothing more than actual servers that someone rents to you so that you can store some of your most precious assets: your data and the systems that make your business run.
On my blog True Confession: Moving ERP to the Cloud is Not Right For Every Company I tackle the subject of the cloud for ERP systems, and I wanted to bring a summary to our readers here.
One thing is for sure: The cloud is here to stay, and that is a good thing. The cloud offers a number of benefits that should clearly make it the preferred deployment option for some, but it also comes with risks and costs that most cloud salesmen will not want to discuss.
Cloud ERP is not for everyone
