The Future of Product Licensing Is In The Cloud

(Newswire.net — January 27, 2016) Boulder, Colorado — Royal Discount Reduces IT Cost of Acquisition with Open Licensing Programs for Microsoft Office 365.

Small businesses are adopting emerging cloud services technologies to help their employees succeed in an everyday work environment. As telecommuting becomes more prevalent, access to data, information and tools has become more important than ever. Information availability, standardization and collaboration are issues that companies of all sizes undoubtedly face. SaaS providers like Royal are using the competitive advantage of the Cloud to help small businesses reduce their IT budgets and increase worker productivity with services like Microsoft’s Office 365 suite.

SaaS, or software-as-a-service is a licensing model which has been around for some time now, and involves a centrally hosted system that is accessible from various off-site locations (typically where business takes place). Traditionally, these services are large-scale, costly investments with complex protocols in place to keep data and information safe. Such setups are used to implement services which require a large amount of resources over a vast network of users. These architectures typically lack a level of standardization; making them a sure-fire choice for large companies with large budgets, and an obvious burden for smaller companies looking to accomplish smaller tasks.

Today, companies like Microsoft are taking the SaaS market and spinning it on its head. Instead of catering to large scale implementations of custom software and services, they are offering simplified, fully-managed cloud versions of many of their existing products, such as Microsoft Word. By offering their entire product line, on-line, complete with automatic updates and security protocols in place, businesses can now eliminate their on-site IT staff and resources, and stay focused on what matters most; their bottom line. With the introduction of “license-as-you-go” software and services, end users and small businesses can now achieve unparalleled levels of productivity and are still able to retain all of the offline features they need, even when they’re not connected.

What Benefits Does Cloud Migration Have For A Small Business Or Enterprise?

Purchasing products, services and licensing for an organization can easily turn into an expensive, time consuming predicament – managing multiple licenses, users and devices across the business can be confusing, tedious and downright draining. Lapses in licensing, incompatible file and software versions, duplicate licenses, ease of access, and risk of audit are typical issues that arise when a company is struggling to effectively manage their IT resources.

What are the most common misconceptions and mistakes small businesses make with regard to their software licensing?

We asked Trina Johnson, the owner of Royal this question, to which she replied: “Many businesses do not operate on an IT platform which allows them to easily change and grow. Too often I’ve seen companies investing heavy amounts of time and resources to maintain and antiquated system which does not accomodate their daily needs. This leads to software and licensing difficulties, costly on-site hardware and support, and not to mention, costs associated with missed business opportunites.”

Entrepreneurs and small business owners can eliminate many of the aforementioned conflicts with modern day SaaS cloud solutions like Office 365. Instead of self-hosting and investing in depreciating servers and equipment, the trend is now to migrate resources to the Cloud. This eliminates the need for costly on-site hardware, and the staff needed to maintain these systems.

The emergence of productivity based-SaaS services like SharePoint, Office 365, and Google for Work provide numerous benefits to both end users and employers. Growing businesses have needs which change more than diapers on an infant, emphasizing the timely need for flexible resource management – custom tailored service plans are becoming the standard for business owners who want their IT infrastructure to adapt to any given priority at a moment’s notice.

Software markets are changing, and Office 365 Keeps With the Paces

Microsoft’s Office 365 Cloud Suite is the market leader in cloud-based small business productivity tools. Royal is launching an entire lineup of Microsoft-based SaaS products to cater to a new clientele and deliver the experience millennial business owners are looking for; an unparalleled level of flexibility, clear pricing, 24/7 support and built-in collaboration tools to keep productivity flowing. Product licensing and software acquistion practices are simplified as well; changes are now made through a central portal, where administrators can assign employees licenses that are secure across all of their home, business and personal devices (up to five in total). Scared of the Grid? All of these services are available both on and offline, and are accessible without the need for specialized hardware, equipment, or maintenance.

The future of business ownership can uncertain. The needs of businesses are ever-changing. Custom, resource-minded systems and services are necessary as employment shifts into the telecommuting trend of the 21^st century. As hardware costs and custom deployment needs increase, watch for the fall of online software retailers, and a rise in the emergence of SaaS providers like Royal.