The Benefits of Cloud Computing for Small and Medium Businesses

See why cloud has become the top IT budget category for small and medium-sized businesses
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Meet your scalability, security, and growth goals faster

Do you know where all of your business data is? Many SMBs rely on flash drives, computer hard drives, or even paper files. Modernizing the way you manage data and interact with customers can help your business reduce IT costs.

Do more in less time — and only pay for what you use — with Amazon Web Services.

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Improve customer service,
internal operations, and more

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Affordable access to computing capacity and IT expertise

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Security features trusted by businesses of all sizes

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Increased reliability and uptime for your operations

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The ability to scale in minutes depending on need

Continuous availability and disaster recovery

Your business deserves modern technology that protects you against costly downtimes — especially if you sell goods and services online. Amazon Web Services manages infrastructure that can help you anticipate and recover from high usage, unauthorized users, and outages. We focus on keeping the cloud running while you focus on building your business. Migrating to AWS results in a 69 percent reduction in unplanned downtime.

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In fewer than 15 minutes, non-technical SMB owners can learn how the cloud makes their business more competitive.
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Understand the business benefits of AWS Cloud

Join the AWS Connected Community to access an exclusive learning series where we dive deep to explain what the cloud is, its business benefits, and present a framework to gain tangible insight into the value of moving your business to the cloud.
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Is your business providing the right productivity tools?

A survey of 1,500 hiring managers found that nearly two-thirds of companies plan to increase remote work. Retain your top talent—and attract new hires—by moving your data to the cloud to enable remote work. Test your readiness.
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Read how our SMB customers achieve savings

How businesses are driving growth, engaging customers, and reducing costs with the cloud.
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