{"id":9807,"date":"2013-12-18T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2903545"},"modified":"2013-12-18T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:13:00","slug":"cloud-computing-takes-not-for-profits-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/cloud-computing-takes-not-for-profits-to-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing Takes Not-for-Profits to New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not-for-profits and cloud computing seem to be made for one another.<br \/>\nThe cloud IT delivery model is well suited to not-for-profits (NFPs) for a number of reasons, according to an article on CMO.com. There are little to no upfront costs with cloud services and consumption is usually billed on a monthly subscription basis, allowing for predictable budgeting.<br \/>\nThere are also fewer IT staff requirements; this is ideal for NFPs who might not have the resources to hire skilled technical staff. In the specific case of server hardware, no servers need to be purchased, maintained, or recycled with a cloud service.<br \/>\nOther tangible benefits of the cloud for NFPs include rapid deployment of services, and the convenience of being able to use the service from any location \u2013 ideal for staff and volunteers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2903545\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not-for-profits and cloud computing seem to be made for one another.<br \/>\nThe cloud IT delivery model is well suited to not-for-profits (NFPs) for a number of reasons, according to an article on CMO.com. There are little to no upfront costs with cloud services and consumption is usually billed on a monthly subscription basis, allowing for predictable budgeting.<br \/>\nThere are also fewer IT staff requirements; this is ideal for NFPs who might not have the resources to hire skilled technical staff. In the specific case of server hardware, no servers need to be purchased, maintained, or recycled with a cloud service.<br \/>\nOther tangible benefits of the cloud for NFPs include rapid deployment of services, and the convenience of being able to use the service from any location &ndash; ideal for staff and volunteers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2903545\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9807","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}