Enterprise cloud: 7 benefits for business performance

An enterprise cloud is far more than just an online storage space. It is, above all, a lever for performance and growth for organizations. In fact, 31% of companies state that improving their economic performance is their primary reason for cloud computing adoption. And the results are clear: 74% of companies report that the enterprise cloud strategy has helped them gain competitiveness.

Here are 7 reasons why an enterprise cloud is a growth accelerator for businesses:

1. An enterprise cloud enables rapid operational readiness

Companies that choose to store their data on internal servers must first order those servers, receive them, install them, configure them, and maintain them. Such a deployment requires time, technical expertise, and a budget, slowing down the company’s core activities.

In contrast, a professional cloud like Leviia’s can be deployed with a single click. This simplicity allows your company to be instantly operational and focus on its business rather than technical considerations.

For added convenience, Leviia’s cloud infrastructure flexibility integrates seamlessly with companies’ in-house technologies (NAS, SSO, etc.). The ability to easily migrate existing systems to the cloud while retaining your authentication tool enables every employee to work efficiently and confidently right away.

This also reflects a broader trend in automated deployment management, reducing onboarding time and ensuring faster time to value.

Leviia also supports streamlined IT infrastructure management by minimizing manual provisioning and offering centralized administration dashboards.

2. Ensure business continuity in case of an incident

Companies hosting their data on internal servers are exposed to various risks: theft, fire, water damage, and more, which can lead to irreversible losses. In such cases, the company’s operations are often slowed or completely halted, resulting in significant financial losses.

In contrast, companies opting for a cloud deployment model store their data in highly secure data centers. Physically stealing data from these constantly monitored facilities is far more complex. However, no solution is entirely risk-free, and incidents can occasionally occur: for example, a fire broke out in an OVHCloud data center in 2021.

That’s why, at Leviia, we back up your data every evening. Your data is replicated across three different data centers (Roubaix, Gravelines, and Strasbourg), ensuring a data durability of 99.9999%, even in the event of an on-site incident.

This kind of setup aligns with industry best practices for disaster recovery solutions and data protection strategies, ensuring maximum availability and resilience.

This setup can be reinforced through distributed cloud solutions, which increase fault tolerance by spreading workloads across geographically dispersed nodes.

3. Access your professional cloud applications from any workplace

Unlike internal servers, a professional cloud allows your employees to work from any location and any device, at any time. A simple internet connection is enough to access all your data and applications.

Having the right information at the right time is a strategic advantage in many situations: during a client meeting, at a trade show, and more. Real-time data access is a true performance lever.

It also boosts productivity: for instance, employees can make effective use of a train journey to work without being blocked. They no longer need to carry USB drives or external hard drives containing sensitive information to work off-site, contributing to both their peace of mind and your company’s security in cloud computing.

To support workforce autonomy, Leviia also enables end-user self-service, allowing teams to deploy new environments or restore data independently, within clearly defined security policies.

4. Collaborate effectively remotely from anywhere in the world

A modern enterprise cloud is a collaborative cloud, designed for remote work. It’s now possible to work from any city in the world, from an office, a coworking space, or even a café, without spending a dime on acquiring servers. This also makes it easy to expand your business to new territories at a lower cost.

In a context of talent shortages, some companies no longer hesitate to recruit abroad to fill hard-to-staff positions. Thanks to collaborative cloud-based testing environments and secure remote access, these remote workers can collaborate as effectively as in-person employees.

Remote work, enabled directly by the cloud, thus broadens the company’s horizons in terms of both economic growth and recruitment—especially when supported by a robust identity and access management framework and enterprise application management tools.

Leviia’s architecture supports secure access service edge (SASE) principles, ensuring that remote users connect to cloud applications through encrypted and policy-based secure access channels.

5. Share data in real time with a collaborative cloud

On an enterprise cloud, all data is stored and shared in real time. This immediacy simplifies processes: there’s no need to email a new version of a document for every change made.

Some cloud service providers offer natively integrated collaborative suites. This is the case with Leviia, which provides a word processor, a spreadsheet tool, and a presentation software. Collaborative cloud-native technologies allow multiple employees to work on the same document in real time or asynchronously.

The productivity of teams using these tools can increase by up to 400%, directly impacting the company’s performance through better user experience in cloud solutions and seamless integration into daily workflows.

6. Scale without constraints thanks to the flexibility of an enterprise cloud

A company hosting its data on-site must invest in new servers as it grows. In contrast, an enterprise cloud is a flexible solution that allows you to increase storage capacity and the number of users with just a few clicks.

Thus, the company only pays for what it uses, avoiding over-provisioning. During growth periods, there’s no need for additional hardware investments or space to install new servers: simply adjust the usage of your professional cloud.

This approach reflects best-in-class cloud resource scaling, with cost efficiency in cloud usage and scalability in cloud services that allow your infrastructure to grow (or shrink) as needed.

In case of reduced activity, the company isn’t left with unused, cumbersome servers. It can simply reduce its cloud consumption. This flexibility allows scaling without the constraints of hardware or significant financial investments.

This elasticity contributes to performance optimization in cloud workloads, as resources can be dynamically allocated to meet application demand peaks without latency or overuse.

7. Allow the IT team to focus on its core mission

A company storing its data on internal servers dedicates a significant portion of its IT team’s time to installing, configuring, and maintaining hardware. In some small and medium-sized enterprises, these tasks even fall to the CTO.

An enterprise cloud relieves the IT team of this workload, allowing them to focus on their core mission. The CIO can focus more on their strategic role, while the CTO can dedicate more time to innovation.

This transition supports legacy IT modernization, the implementation of DevOps practices in cloud, and reduces friction in enterprise cloud governance frameworks.

With integrated multicloud governance, IT leaders can also oversee multiple cloud environments—public, private, or hybrid—through unified policies, cost controls, and compliance tracking.

This results in valuable added value for the company, as well as the peace of mind of no longer having to manage these technical aspects.

Choosing an enterprise cloud is not just a technological decision. It’s a strategic choice that enhances collaboration, productivity, and overall organizational performance. The hybrid cloud model also enables better cloud strategy alignment between business goals and IT capabilities, whether through public cloud and private cloud deployments or multicloud environment management for advanced use cases.

The hybrid cloud architecture benefits include greater agility and reduced risk in cloud migration strategies and cloud workload optimization. For organizations seeking a future-proof architecture, AI-optimized cloud architecture and open source cloud platforms bring further flexibility, transparency, and innovation potential.

The cloud is also a solution that provides peace of mind by relieving you of the technical management of your infrastructure. Our experts are available to discuss your storage and performance needs and help you design tailored cloud consolidation strategies with proven cloud service orchestration best practices and disruption recovery in enterprise cloud setups.