楊長華專訪 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

| Special Reports 專 題 報 導 |On Cloud NineWith potentially huge cost-savings andthe ability to transformation businessesefficiency, it is no surprise that cloudcomputing is gaining more converts,but many businesses remain wary隨 著 雲 端 運 算 在 節 省 成 本 和 提 高 營 運 效 率 方 面 潛力 龐 大 , 有 關 技 術 正 日 漸 受 到 追 捧 , 但 很 多 企 業仍 抱 謹 慎 態 度Searching for customers’ records on pages of Gmail wasno way for a thriving new business to operate. Someorders were being duplicated, missed or deleted. Staffwere unsure of the status of projects or if they neededfurther follow up work. Eventually, Matthew Li, Manager,Nova Business Services Limited, decided the company couldnot continue to service its growing client list properly with thecurrent system, so decided to adopt cloud technology.“With multiple offices and customers across the city, wework in a very mobile environment,” says Li. “We are standardizedon Microsoft Office and depend a lot on Outlook, butwith Gmail, it was difficult to integrate across desktops andmobile devices. That was a problem because our staff spendabout one third of their time outside the office.”10 September 2012 The Bulletin 工 商 月 刊