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1. Seven Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing a Cloud Service Provider Over the last decade, more and more businesses have migrated their data and work over to the cloud. But is moving to the cloud really the right thing for you to do? Below are seven questions you should ask before choosing a cloud service provider. Why Do I Want to Go Cloud? Before making any decisions, the first question that must be asked is “why”. While there are many reasons for a business to migrate into the cloud such as improved growth, saving operational costs, and swifter times to market, it is necessary to identify what the unique reasons are for your business and to rank them in order of importance. With that valuation done, you have a clearer view of the importance of this change and you are more likely to dedicate resources towards it. What Services Does The Provider Offer? When you knowwhy you are choosing to go for cloud storage, you will be better able to understand what type of services you need and to choose service providers who offer what you need. For example, if you want cloud IaaS and a provider does not offer that, you can eliminate them from your list. Alternatively, a good service provider should be able to explain the services they offer and help you choose which one is best for your business. How Secure Is The Cloud Solution? When moving your most important information and work to the cloud, you definitely want to know that it will be kept secure. Ensure that you ask service providers about their security

2. practices and if they stay in line with industry standards of security. Also, information about past security breaches shows that they have experience and that they learn from their mistakes to make their cloud environment more secure. How Much Will It Cost? If one of the benefits of cloud storage is that it saves costs, you’ll need to be careful when choosing a storage provider. Only go for providers that allow your business to pay for what you use. Pricing structures should be pay as you go, and allow increments as needs increase. For instance, Memset offers Cloud VPS services that range from £10 to £345 per month based on their clients’ usage needs. What If I Want More? Just as the best cloud service providers should offer prices that are based on your usage, they should also offer packages that can be increased as your business grows. Find out from prospective service providers what the potential is for seamlessly increasing storage space, and what other services can be provided to your business as it grows. How Does The Provider Deal With Service Downtime? While no business likes to deal with downtime (periods of time when the cloud provider is inaccessible), it is impossible to believe that they will never come. However, you can choose a cloud provider by identifying the one who experiences as little downtime as possible, and who thoroughly supports its clients through periods of downtime. How Easy Is It to Set Up? Many businesses converting to the cloud are small businesses who cannot afford to pay many people to form up their IT team. Therefore, it’s essential that whichever cloud storage provider is chosen is easy to set up and deploy and does not require too much work or funds to kick into action. Obviously, there are many other issues to consider and questions to answer when choosing a cloud service provider, and the list above is certainly not exhaustive. Take the time to make sure these questions (and others) are answered by potential cloud service providers to increase your chances of picking the best possible option for you and your business. Visit https://www.memset.com/services/object-storage/