{"id":513,"date":"2011-10-19T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdsadvantage.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2015-09-02T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T11:34:00","slug":"church-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdsadvantage.com\/v1\/church-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Cloud Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of Cloud Computing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Reduced Cost<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving your organization from having to select and purchase servers and state of the art computers. Because of the scalability of RDS Connect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rdsconnect.net\/\">(<\/a><a class=\"textOrange\" href=\"mailto:rds@rdsconnect.net?subject=Church%20Cloud%20Computing\">www.rdsconnect.net<\/a>) Cloud church management software, it&#8217;s easy for you to start small before gradually expanding your use.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Increased Storage and Security<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can store more data on our dynamic servers than on local computer systems or servers. RDS Cloud servers are located on redundant Tier 3 Data Centers, safe from hacking and outages and theft.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Highly Automated<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You no longer need to worry about keeping software up to date or stressing over server updates and other computing issues. We provide the updates, the archives and the daily backup of your RDS Connect Data. 90 days of backups are stored.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Strategic Focus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud computing offers you the opportunity to focus on your ministries rather than mired in the details of managing church management software hardware or server issues.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>More Mobility<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employees can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at their desks. No geographical boundaries means greater access and flexibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of Cloud Computing: Reduced Cost Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving your organization from having to select and purchase servers and state of the art computers. Because of the scalability of RDS Connect (www.rdsconnect.net) Cloud church management software, it&#8217;s easy for you to start small before gradually expanding your use. Increased Storage and Security&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rdsadvantage.com\/v1\/church-cloud-computing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Church Cloud Computing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8FugP-8h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":465,"url":"https:\/\/rdsadvantage.com\/v1\/why-cloud-computing-makes-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":513,"position":0},"title":"Why Cloud Computing Makes Sense","author":"admin","date":"09\/24\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the Fall 2013 issue of the NACBA Ledger (National Association of Church Business Administration) is an article about cloud computing by Joan Benson, senior Product Marketing Manager at Intacct Corporation. 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