{"id":7370,"date":"2013-05-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/blog-hub\/2013\/may\/13\/5-triggers-for-closing-cloud-computing-deals\/"},"modified":"2013-05-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T09:00:00","slug":"5-triggers-for-closing-cloud-computing-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/5-triggers-for-closing-cloud-computing-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"5 triggers for closing cloud computing deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frequent questions&nbsp;we get on cloud computing is &ldquo;When should a company move to the cloud?&rdquo;&nbsp; While there are numerous reasons to make the move, there are also certain events that minimize obstacles and objections. These are &rdquo; triggers&rdquo; which greatly reduce the sales cycle for prospects considering cloud offerings.&nbsp;In no particular order:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>1. Change in business size<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As an elastic, utility-based service, cloud computing is ideal not just for growing companies, but ones that may be downsizing as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; The on-demand nature of cloud services ensures that one can scale quickly and without additional investment.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Companies in uncertain economic times are reluctant to make capital purchases or commit to large projects or financial obligations.&nbsp; Through cloud computing, you can help these prospects leverage every advantage of newer technology without the downside of purchasing hardware and software that may sit idle in a business downturn.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>As &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frequent questions&nbsp;we get on cloud computing is &ldquo;When should a company move to the cloud?&rdquo;&nbsp; While there are numerous reasons to make the move, there are also certain events that minimize obstacles and objections. T&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}