You’re 98% convinced.
You’ve been evaluating your short list of ERP systems to invest in. You’ve already demoed the ERPs with the key players of your team.
Everyone is leaning strongly in favor of a cloud-based system. As the financial leader in your SME, you recognize that the following advantages of a cloud ERP system make the business case very persuasive:
Scalability on demand as you grow, no matter how fast you grow. Increasing your computing capacity is only a few clicks away and requires minimal investment in IT hardware and infrastructure.
Anytime, anywhere access for your team on the go or working remotely. This flexibility offers your team greater ease in balancing work and life while providing your business with a perfectly adapted tool for today’s hybrid work world.
Relatively quick and less costly implementation compared to an on-premise ERP system. As a result, you shorten the runway to your ROI and free up capital for investment in other business functions.
If, for example, you’re a food and beverage SME, you can reallocate what would have been your IT budget toward major investments in production equipment.
Predictable IT costs. Just like a magazine subscription bill, your cloud ERP system has a predictable monthly cost. Furthermore, you don’t have to pay an IT team to maintain and develop the software, back it up, or manage security. That’s all covered by your monthly fee.
Expanded business capabilities through access to more digital tools. The right ERP system enables you to seamlessly integrate extensions such as analytics tools, AI tools, and other tools in the cloud.
Yet, even with all these exciting advantages for your business, you still have some unanswered questions about the cloud aspect of your potential ERP partnership. For example:
- Will a cloud ERP entail losing the control and security of your data?
- Who is the cloud resource for your potential ERP partner?
- Can you trust your potential ERP partner’s cloud partner with your data?
The following discussion responds to these questions when you choose Fidelio as your ERP.
To learn more about Fidelio and the advantages of our cloud-based ERP system, click on, “9 Reasons Why the Best Cloud ERP for Your SME is Fidelio”
Looking for a cloud services partner
In 2018 and 2019, Fidelio evaluated its shortlist of potential cloud partners.
We were planning to eventually migrate all our customers from the older, on-premise version of Fidelio to the new cloud ERP version. We did not want to build our own cloud service. After all, our core competency was software development and implementation, and not the building and management of cloud infrastructure.
Just like our customers, we were looking for a long-term partner who shared our vision of innovation and quality service, a provider who could offer the expertise, security, and stability that we could entrust our business to for years to come.
Keeping our customers and our future in mind, we chose Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing services. Here are the top five reasons why.
1. Long-term stability
Microsoft is one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization. The company serves 400,000 customers that include businesses of all sizes and governments as well as organizations in education, healthcare, and the military, among others.
Besides selling computer hardware and software, Microsoft offers the Azure cloud platform with more than 200 products and cloud services that have everything a business needs to manage part or all of its IT operations.
Fidelio’s team has a long history of working with Microsoft tools. Microsoft, just like Fidelio, wants to help their customers become “future-ready” through partnerships.
2. A world-class level of security
Global cyber attacks are increasing significantly every year. For any company, especially one that has a mission-critical dependence on the Internet, cyber security is a major concern.
Microsoft has invested over US $1 billion in security R&D. They have 3,500 cyber security experts working on a multi-layered security operation that covers physical data centers, infrastructure, and the active monitoring of customer assets and data.
While Microsoft takes responsibility for protecting the cloud, it’s important to remember that it’s still our customers’ responsibility to manage their data and control the rights and restrictions of access to it within the cloud.
3. Enterprise-grade performance in Canadian data centers
All of Fidelio’s customers have their data residing in Microsoft’s Canadian data centers. This data belongs to our customers and complies with Canadian data regulations. Microsoft does not have access to your data.
Microsoft provides our customers with enterprise-grade reliability and performance that most SMEs could not afford on their own. This level of performance offers your team quick access to your data on the web.
4. Reliability and quick disaster recovery that deliver peace of mind
Through our partnership with Microsoft Azure, your data is protected from planned and unplanned events. So should you experience some passing hardware failure, a network or power outage, or some massive natural disaster, it’s reassuring to know that Azure keeps multiple copies of your data.
5. Affordability
Microsoft’s scale and capabilities enable it to offer very competitive pricing to customers, which Fidelio passes on to customers.
Remember: when you choose to partner with an ERP system provider, you’re also choosing to do business indirectly with that company’s partners.
By choosing Fidelio, you welcome Microsoft Azure, one of the world’s great cloud companies, into your ecosystem.
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