One of the easiest ways to save time, money and resources with software as a service (SaaS) is to replace your traditional fax machine with an online fax service.

Doing so will deliver some immediate benefits to your business

- save the cost of fax line rental

- save the cost of paper (and ink)

- receive incoming faxes immediately wherever you are, via email

- send faxes from anywhere, not just from the office

- easily generate activity reports and keep track of what is being sent and received by whom

- avoid confidential information sitting on a traditional fax machine in the general office area

- avoid the wasted time standing over your fax machine making sure a fax got sent successfully

We've recently evaluated a number of online fax services for a client and have summarised our comparison of these.

If you're interested in using fax as a service read more here.

This week the market for cloud file storage and sharing software as a service has been disrupted.

Microsoft announced that SkyDrive is now offering 25GB of storage for existing users or 7GB for new users, Google have launched Google Drive, offering 5GB of storage, whilst only recently Apple launched iCloud. These cloud file storage and synchronisation services all add to the choice from established providers like SharePoint Online, Dropbox, Sugar Sync, Spider Oak and Box.

The same wide choice exists throughout the cloud services areana. This often leads to “which is best” questions from our clients in other areas like CRM, Document Management, Cloud Backup , Accounting Systems and so on. 

Many small to medium companies use one single criteria to make their choice. "Is it free?". By focussing on price, they ignore potentially huge variations in value. To make a more informed decision against a landscape of overwhelming choice, how should business leaders decide which cloud solution is best for their business?

Read on to learn the steps involved in making the right cloud decisions for your business.