The benefits of moving critical business applications are clear. It’s tough to argue with the cost savings of not hosting your own data center and the immediate increase in productivity and collaboration that comes with services that are available from anywhere from any device. But there’s more: cloud applications also introduce new functionality such as real-time document collaboration, document sharing, instant messaging, and intranet sites, quickly without any labor-intensive installation process.

Business leaders and IT leaders get this. It’s a no-brainer. Once companies have made the mental switch there is no going back. Moving forward, however,  doesn’t have to mean abandoning the best practices and capabilities the IT department worked for years to develop, that the business needs. It’s still your data, it’s just not on your servers. Secure your Google Docs and Google Sites with CloudLock.