Companies are always giving their best to improve their growth, even with emerging technologies in Cloud learning. To make it happen, it is necessary for businesses to take the right step at the right time. In this day and age, this means switching to cloud platforms to easily accomplish a variety of tasks. Cloud technology comes with an abundance of benefits particularly in terms of learning.

Enterprise businesses are continually growing and hence, things tend to change rapidly. There are always plenty of new techniques to be learned and this is where cloud learning comes in handy. Let’s take a look at a couple of reasons why your business should definitely move to cloud learning and what it brings to the table.

Ease of use

No matter the size of the business, ease of use should always be the top priority of the employer. Deploying any software tool that is difficult to use leads to employees wasting precious time on merely learning how to use the software.

Additionally, paying trained individuals who will conduct the training courses is something that should be avoided as well to reduce the overall costs. A majority of cloud-based LMS software’s are user-friendly exactly for that reason. They are built in a manner to ensure that all employees can start using them as soon as possible.

No maintenance costs

Only a decade ago, businesses invested high amounts of money into building their own Intranets, where learning documentation and a variety of business information were stored. This sort of approach required heavy investments in several ways.

• Hardware – Building an Intranet requires investing in expensive computer gear that would enable more data to be stored.
• Software – Once the network is up and running, it is necessary to invest in a software tool that would offer similar features that come with cloud technology today. This would also tie a business down to one software tool provider, who would have to maintain the software and update it regularly.
• Staff – To make use of both software and hardware, businesses had to invest in more people working in the company’s IT team. Additionally, if any glitch were to happen, only a trained professional could resolve it.

However, all of these things are taken care of with one monthly subscription to a cloud-based platform and also businesses receive a finished product that is stable, regularly updated and maintained. The result is less hassle for a business owner and curtailed business costs of utilising such a system. It is no wonder why 93% of enterprise businesses are running various apps and experimenting with cloud computing.

Scalability possibilities

Scalability is equally important for all business types – small, mid-sized and MNCs. For example, a growing small business can increase their learning portfolio without any problems. It’s all on demand, and if it is necessary for a business to have more storage or processing power, it is just one click away.

On the other hand, businesses that have been using the cloud for a long time might have older information that takes up space unnecessarily, putting them in a position to have the content removed, thus lowering the amount of storage they need and therefore lowering the business costs quickly and easily.

With the previously mentioned Intranets, expansion had its limitations. Expanding intranet functionality, storage and features required an investment in up-to-date hardware and time for the implementation process. This caused a lot of expenses for businesses and would also slow it down as the hardware required additional space.

Therefore, relying on the cloud for learning comes with a lot of flexibility, which is why it is preferable for any business size.

Accessibility

The older systems tied the employees down to the office as the Intranets were severed from the rest of the Internet. On the other hand, the cloud is always online. In other words, it means that access to any learning materials is available 24 hours a day and all you need is a connection to the Internet to be able to access all the learning data.

This is especially important for global businesses that have branches in different countries and continents. No matter where the employees are, they will be able to access the learning materials at any time.

Mobile compatibility

Cloud technology is also flexible with different popular platforms. If an employee wants to learn from home, they can do so because they can access the data from both Android or iOS platforms. This enables your employees to be more productive as they can put their commuting time to good use.

Analytics

Cloud eLearning enables business owners to more easily track how their employees are making progress – how many of the online courses have been listened to, what was covered and what was skipped. With these tools, a company can also make improvements to the learning materials.

Also, having an insight into this type of data can help business owners make the most productive teams.

Keeping up with the competition

Last but not least, staying competitive in all fields is essential for improvement in the business world. An increasing number of businesses are deploying cloud solutions to more efficiently conduct their business. Therefore, to stay as productive and efficient it is best to adopt the cloud technology for a majority of different business processes. It is going to lead to better long-term results.

These are the most important reasons why organisations should choose cloud learning. With innumerable benefits, it is clear that switching to the cloud for learning, as well as many other processes, is a step in the right direction.

Author’s Bio: Kamy Anderson is an ed-tech enthusiast with a passion for writing on emerging technologies in the areas of corporate training and education. He has 7+ years of experience working with ProProfs learning management system and other eLearning authoring tools, which has given him hands-on experience of the latest course authoring software and an exclusive insight into the eLearning industry.

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