What is the Cloud? Use this guide to learn what the Cloud is, why adoption of the Cloud is steadily rising among small and medium sized insurance businesses, and how the Cloud can benefit your insurance agency.

1. UNDERSTANDING
THE
CLOUD
WHAT IS THE CLOUD? A cloud is comprised of secure data
centers that control computing operations and oer remote
access. The data centers are home to servers that host your
software and process, store and protect your data.
CLOUD ADOPTION TRENDS
IN INSURANCE FOR SMALL TO MEDIUMSIZE BUSINESSES SMBS
In a recent
survey, 95%
of respondents
used the cloud
in some form.
39% of SMBs
with 2 - 250
employees expect
to be paying for
cloud services
within 3 years.
Insurance industry
SMBs will have
a higher rate of
cloud adoption
(34%) compared
to their enterprise
counterparts.
74% of SMBs
plan to use at
least one cloud
service (paid or
free) in 3 years.
CLOUD TECHNOLOGY
FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS:
REASONS TO MOVE
TO THE CLOUD
GUIDE TO
CLOUD DATA
SMB
BENEFITS
EXAMPLES OF CLOUDHOSTED APPLICATIONS
SECURITY
Keep your business
data safe and
private
COST
SAVINGS
Lower costs on
equipment and
IT resources for
your business
BUSINESS BENEFITS
FROM THE CLOUD
Based on a survey
from Applied in 2012,
these are the perceived
benefits of moving
to the cloud.
STORE
PHOTOS
CHECK
EMAILS
SHARE
FILES
SHOP
ONLINE
BANK
ONLINE
60%
REDIRECT
SUPPORT
HEADCOUNT
50%
BUSINESS
CONTINUITY
Never worry about
information and data
back up
69%
61%
ACCESSIBILITY
Access your
customer data from
anywhere, from any
device, with an
internet connection
71%
IMPROVED
PRODUCTIVITY
DECREASED
HARDWARE
COSTS
DATA
INTEGRITY
SECURITY
ELIMINATE
SUPPORT
HEADCOUNT
RESOURCE
AVAILABILITY
Sta can focus on
the business of
selling insurance
MORE THAN
OF
NEW
APPLIED MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
choose to leverage the cloud
with AppliedOnline.
MOVE TO THE CLOUD TODAY!
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE CLOUD MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
CONTACT US TODAY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER.
appliedsystems.com/thecloud
1 Quoted in “Exploring Demand for Hosted Private Cloud Services,” Business Technology Roundtable, March 22, 2013. Web.
September 2013. http://business-technology-roundtable.blogspot.ca/2013/03/exploring-demand-for-hosted-private.html
2 Weiss, Juergen, “A Quick Look at Cloud Computing in the Insurance Industry,” Gartner, Inc. March 6, 2012, Page 2-3.
3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/08/29/most-americans-dont-understand-cloud-computing-does-it-really-matter/