Every business is looking to build scalability into its operations. In IT terms, scalability is often tightly defined in terms of the potential to add capacity to specific system. This is part of the answer – but from an SMB perspective, scalability centers on the ability to increase the impact of each employee: by increasing productivity by delivering new functionality, new systems, and more capacity as needed. Techaisle’s SMB and Midmarket cloud adoption survey research shows that SMBs view cloud as the primary platform for scaling their IT systems – and their businesses. Techaisle global survey of over N=5000 SMBs discovered close connections between cloud and key business objectives:
● 65% of SMBs believe that cloud improves their ability to grow and scale their businesses
● 47% see cloud as a means of increasing agility in business operations – a core requirement for growth-oriented SMBs
● 41% state that cloud allows them to launch new products and services more quickly
● 40% report that cloud-based systems improve the productivity of business users.
It is no accident that 91% of SMBs (Source: 2020 Techaisle US SMB and Midmarket Cloud Adoption survey) are using cloud applications today, and 83% state that their businesses rely on technology. Cloud is the platform for small and midmarket businesses, and effective use of cloud is a key element in SMB viability. Similarly, 2020 Techaisle Europe SMB and Midmarket Cloud adoption survey data shows that 87% of SMBs are using cloud.
