Cloud computing offers substantial benefits for businesses, namely lower costs, increased performance, scalability, rapid development, increased mobility, virtualized and environment. If you are still considering whether moving to the cloud is the way to go, here’s a fact for you: 80 percent of businesses adopting the cloud experienced improvement within 6 months of cloud computing adoption.

Now, if you are seriously considering cloud computing but don’t know where to start or not sure which business function to move to the cloud, here are what the stats say: 46 percent businesses use cloud-based e-mail apps, 40 percent use the cloud for testing and development, and 38 percent of businesses adopting the cloud for backup and disaster recovery purposes. Indeed, going to the cloud, you might want to start with your e-mail system. To be sure, please consult with the right IT / cloud consultants.

For more interesting facts, check out this cloud computing infographic by UKFast (click to enlarge):

Via UKFast