Spotify, Google Drive, LinkedIn, Instagram. Cloud computing is already engrained into your everyday life. And now, enhanced by the last year of remote work due to COVID-19, it’s taken over your work life too.

From servers to finances, eight out of ten businesses now expect more than half of their IT infrastructure to be cloud-based by the end of 2021, and 43% expect their entire IT infrastructure to be cloud-based. And why not? It’s quick, safe, cost-effective and efficient.

But despite such heralded benefits, many companies are still missing the critical final piece of the cloud computing puzzle: cloud printing. We’re here to explain why that’s happening, and why it shouldn’t happen to you. 

What is Cloud Printing

So what exactly is cloud printing? It’s a solution that will enable any employee to print anything, anywhere, from any device (as long as they have an internet connection), without requiring different print drivers or to be connected to print servers that are specific to different printers. The most obvious benefit of this is its general mobility. It can offer the flexibility of location-independent printing, while simultaneously unburdening IT from the complexity of needing to manage a myriad of print drivers and print servers. Basically, it offers more freedom for less work.

This alone should seem enough of a driver (excuse the pun!), and certainly some research says 39% of companies have already implemented some form of cloud print management platform. Yet some are still lagging. Maybe it seems too archaic to print in a digital age, and the thought of a special printing solution seems irrelevant and is therefore forgotten. Or maybe it seems too complicated, too costly or too entangled in logistical hurdles. We know how overstretched most IT departments are, and the thought of instigating another change may seem like too much.

But we also know this is counterintuitive. Because for one, instigating cloud printing services is an easier option than you might think, and secondly, it will make your life easier than you can imagine. Here are eight reasons to make the move to the cloud.

  1. Printing does matter.While work is predominantly done on screens now, that doesn’t mean printed documents are redundant. Far from it. From keeping essential legal and financial records in physical form, to a small business sending personal printed notes with each order or the government sending out critical documentation to citizens, to printing out relevant data for each attendee of an important meeting, there are endless reasons why employees are still using a printer for print jobs. Having the right printing system in place to support this requirement can make a world of difference.

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