Cloud Based Mobile Apps For Better Business Operations

Aaron Elliott on Jun 23rd 2012 in Mobile, Social Media 0

There are so many mobile phone apps on the cloud but not all would fit ones needs. As you probably already know a cloud is a remote server network which can be accessed by users in need of cloud hosted apps from a web browser from any location that has internet access.

Mobile phone apps take a lot of battery power and certain phone capacity, so not all apps will perform well on your phone. Thus web development companies go for further improvements to deliver newer apps with more sophisticated operations without having to compromise on battery life because the hosting is being done by a remote server PC on the cloud. I’ll name a just a few great performers on the mobile apps market operating on the cloud:

Zoho is a business management suite that offers online web applications targeting small business owners. Some of the apps you can access on Zoho are accounting apps, report apps, Marketplace, Recruit and many more. Other apps that you’ll find essential are mail from Gmail and others, chat, wiki and many others. Zoho can be used on most smart phones such as the iPhone, Samsung tablets and smart phones, Blackberry and Google’s Android. Zoho is easy to use with innovative features that make it easy and friendly to use even with your smart phone. For word documents, using Zoho makes it easy to format your documents, it offers 1 GB of online file storage but you can buy another 5 GB for three dollars a month. Mail space is 10 to 15 GB while attachments are limited to 10 GB. Collaborators can sign in using either their Zoho, Facebook, Yahoo or Google account.

Desk.com is a mobile phone app in the cloud that allows you to deliver customer support using email, Twitter, Facebook, phone or chat. It also gathers all customer service communications in one convenient place on your desktop then prioritizes them for you so that you deal with the most urgent customer service requests first. Desk.com’s mobile apps can work on the native browsers for iPhone, Android and Blackberry or you can download the cloud app directly onto your smart phone.

At Task provides the user with Project and Task management so that you are able to have a wide view of all workplace activities so that there is better organization, improving productivity and workflow. It is available for Android and iPhones and you can download it free for these smart phones. You can be able to view and respond to work requests as soon as you get them, you can review your documents and you can collaborate with other workmates on tasks.

There are many more mobile phone apps on cloud and this method of accessing apps is becoming more popular as it is a savvier way of using apps. With most apps, you can download them free or pay a small fee on most smart phones such as the iPhone, Android, Samsung and other smart phones and tablets. Cloud based mobile apps make small businesses increase their productivity and also making it affordable to them by cutting down on IT costs which can be prohibitive for small and growing businesses.

Source: Biljana technology writer and a blogger, researching the market of virtual machine solutions for improved business operations