Cloud computing has been hailed by many as the answer to a more flexible and efficient business, and with the increased availability of cloud-enabled devices, such as smartphones and tablets, even the UK’s smallest businesses are turning to the cloud. However, despite their enthusiasm for revolutionary technology there are some issues, such as security, that are still holding SMEs back from fully embracing the cloud. In this article, Martin Lyne, SME Director, Orange investigates the hurdles that are hampering cloud adoption and what can be done to overcome them.

Despite numerous challenges facing UK start-ups, there is one area where younger small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a distinct advantage over larger/more established counterparts: Technology. There have been dramatic changes to the technology landscape in recent years – the boom in ‘smart’ devices and the proliferation of mobile broadband – and start-ups have the benefit of building their business on a ‘greenfield site’, allowing them to make use of this arsenal of business tools, without the hindrance of sprawling legacy infrastructure or dated management attitudes. Of course, not all SMEs are brand new start-ups, but they are typically more free of legacy baggage than longer, more cumbersome rivals. Martin Lyne, SME Director at Orange, writes for B4.

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