73% of businesses are running at least one application on the cloud.
It’s a far cry from the 90s—when people were planning for complete technological annihilation at the hands of Y2K.
Today, there’s a sense of trust with automation—technology can not only help your business but propel it toward success.
A Case of David & Goliath
For small to mid-size companies, automation was unattainable pre-2006. If you wanted to streamline specific processes, you had to install a clunky and complicated solution that, typically, only large companies could afford.
Software as a Service (Saas) has had a tremendous impact on the industry as a whole.
Smaller companies can execute and deliver significant value to their customers through the cloud—they can operate at the level of enterprises.
Now, industry behemoths like IBM and Microsoft no longer monopolize the industry. Because of the cloud, resources that were only previously attainable to large companies are widely available across the board. The sheer magnitude of accessible automation tools, whether for Sales, Marketing, Finance, or HR, can be accessed by companies of all sizes.
It’s the new-age “level playing field,” and small to mid-size businesses are taking advantage of the opportunity—striving to provide services that offer better workflows and controls than larger organizations.
Continue reading "Adopting a Cloud-First Strategy" here on the Tipalti blog.
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