AWS Smart Business Blog
Exclusive Discounts and Offers for Small and Medium Businesses Migrating to the Cloud
Digitizing your small or medium business (SMB) is one of the best ways to invest in its future—whether you’re trying to pass it on to the next generation or sell it for the highest valuation possible. While the people and processes are important, the operations which underpin your business are just as crucial. SMBs like […]
A Guide To Upskilling Your Small or Medium Business Employees’ Cloud Computing Knowledge
If you’ve managed a small or medium business (SMB) in the last few years, you likely had these common thoughts: “Three employees retired during the height of the pandemic and we should have done a better job of documenting their work processes. All of that knowledge has either been lost or fragmented across different teammates.” […]
Modernizing Small Business Communication and Collaboration with Cloud Services
When was the last time an important task, file, or customer complaint slipped through the cracks? How about a frustrating video chat or screen sharing connection where you couldn’t understand the person on the other end? These examples illustrate how outdated, on-premises collaboration tools can hinder productivity and cause miscommunication. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) […]
Inside Outpost VFX’s Strategy for Reducing Storage Costs and Fostering Collaboration in the Cloud
One of the most compelling aspects of cloud technology is its ability to democratize technology, enabling small and medium businesses (SMBs) to compete with larger enterprise organizations. One such company is Outpost VFX. An SMB in the media and entertainment space, Outpost VFX creates visual effects for films and episodic television, with recent credits including […]
How One US City Empowered Small and Medium Businesses to Get Online
Tara Palacios knew she had to act fast. It was the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the world was stopped in its tracks. In her hometown of Arlington, Virginia (US)—as in the rest of the country—small businesses struggled. Restaurants, shops, and other beloved pillars of the community with over 200,000 residents suddenly found […]
Why These Three Small and Medium Businesses Turned to the Cloud to Improve Their Operations
At this stage of our digital evolution, businesses of all sizes recognize data as the currency of the future. Collecting data sets for visualizations and data analytics can help businesses optimize their performance and anticipate and react to change. But for small and medium businesses (SMBs), building a data framework can be daunting. It can […]
How Small and Medium Businesses Can Overcome the Challenges of Sustainable Manufacturing in the Cloud
What if greener practices—beyond reducing, reusing, and recycling—could help your manufacturing business grow more efficiently? What if you had data that helped you understand opportunities hidden in your spreadsheets? These questions could be answered with software and devices that monitor your equipment and help you gain insights. As it stands, the manufacturing sector accounts for […]
Why Cloud IT Helped a Small Telemedicine Company Meet Increased Patient Demand
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, demand for easy-to-access telehealth services skyrocketed. Luckily, Argentina-based Llamando al Doctor (“Calling the Doctor” in English) and its software development partner, Eudaimonia (Euda), could scale to meet the moment: They had already integrated HAQM Web Services (AWS). We recently spoke with Llamando al Doctor Commercial Director Guillermo Gonzalez and Eudaimonia […]
Why Small and Medium Businesses Are Missing Out on the Full Benefits Data Can Provide
In a world where organizations and consumers generate data non-stop, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have more information than they know what to do with. While many SMBs like yours have begun to move this data to the cloud, much of it remains largely siloed and disconnected. This means the data can provide only […]
Four Reasons to Upgrade Your Small or Medium Business’s Website or App in the Cloud
Your website is the digital front door for your business and should both establish trust and make it easy for visitors to convert into customers. No matter what type of business you are in, customers expect to find and communicate with your business online at any time—whether it’s through an internet connection at home or […]