Following our last post about our Cloud Security Participant badge being received, Today we are celebrating another major milestone, the Cloud Fortified badge!
Wondering what this badge means? how did we achieve it? and what benefits does it have for you as a prestigious customer? then you’re in the right place.
The Early Adoption Of Cloud Technologies
To truly understand what this Cloud Fortified Apps Badge means, its benefits for our customers, and its significance and prestige, taking a brief look back at what cloud technologies were is essential. Cloud concepts and tools originated back in the 2000s and initially changed the way businesses stored and accessed data.
The technology was basically seen as an alternative to on-premise infrastructure and was one that offered scalability and cost-efficiency. Early-day cloud solutions allowed businesses to launch apps and store data at a fraction of the cost. With these solutions, businesses could:
- Reduce Costs - charges only incurred for the resources being utilized.
- Scale Effectively - companies had the option of increasing resources as per their requirement.
- Increase Collaborative efforts - teams from different locations could use cloud-based solutions for working with each other in a seamless manner.
As a result, cloud solutions soon transitioned from an innovative business asset and became the cornerstone for organizational operations. These solutions started to become tailored to organizations, helping them meet their diverse needs. One of the many aspects of business operations that was impacted by the cloud was project management.
Prior to cloud-based solutions, project management tasks relied on computer softwares that had to be installed on devices. Such tools came with limited flexibility and collaboration features and the cloud has oftentimes limited business operations. However, the transition to the cloud meant, businesses could ensure:
- Real-time Collaboration - have different teams work on projects regardless of their location.
- Centralized Storage - all project data and files were stored and accessible regardless of location.
- Automation And Integration - cloud solutions could work well with other technologies which is what led to streamlined workflows.
Tools like Atlassian Jira Cloud took advantage of the cloud's capabilities to redefine how teams approached project management. These tools ensured that organizations could manage complex projects with ease, offering customizable workflows, progress tracking, and enhanced visibility into team performance.
Embracing cloud technology is what allowed project management tools to have features like enhanced security, reliability, and the badges we celebrate today, such as Atlassian’s Cloud Fortified recognition.
Why Do Businesses Prioritize Support, Security, And Reliability For Cloud Apps?
Today cloud applications have become the cornerstone for modern businesses due to the benefits they offer and for the costs they come at. But, with the increased reliance on cloud apps, we have noticed that the demand for greater security, reliability, and support cloud apps offer has also increased.
Understanding why businesses prioritize these aspects is essential, before diving into the Cloud Fortified Apps Badge and how it’s beneficial to you as a customer. Having said that, some of the key reasons why businesses may prioritize these aspects include:
1. Data Integrity And Protection
Nowadays, businesses handle a vast amount of data pertaining to their operations and customers. Ensuring the security of the data is essential given that a possible breach or tampering of the data can lead to monetary, regulatory, and reputational damages.
Avoiding such damage is paramount for firms given that their prevalence can have a severely negative impact on a company’s profits, sustainability, and business continuity.
2. Uptime And Performance
Downtime essentially refers to a state where a company's cloud resources can not be accessed or utilized by its employees and customers. Having continuous uptime and access to cloud solutions is essential for businesses.
Such an access and state of performance can lead to increased team collaboration and productivity for your employees. As for the customers, it means they have reliable apps that give them a seamless experience.
This can help make business operations sustainable and is a key contributor to increased loyalty. Without consistent uptime and adequate performance, companies can experience operational challenges and customers end up being frustrated.
3. Trust And Confidence
Whenever businesses transition to, or implement, a new solution, trusting it and having confidence in its abilities is essential given the solution impacts business sustainability and continuity.
By using reliable cloud apps, businesses can show their stakeholders and customers that they’re in safe hands. In addition, they can also help employees boost their productivity by providing them with access to tools that operate with disruptions.
4. Support Availability
Cloud solutions, despite all their advancements, are still, at their core, a machine and both machines and issues are two things that go hand-in-hand. The goal of choosing a reliable cloud app is not to identify one that has no issues at all.
Successful businesses understand this and choose solutions that have minimum issues and the impact of these issues is not severe enough to impact business continuity.
In addition, they factor in the availability and comprehensiveness of the support that’s provided to them. Oftentimes this involves considering things like instant help, documentation and tutorials, and problem resolution protocols.
Businesses prioritize support, security, and reliability for cloud apps because these factors directly influence operational stability, data safety, and overall success. Programs like Atlassian’s Cloud Fortified Apps Badge reflect these priorities, giving businesses confidence in their chosen tools to meet the highest standards of excellence.
