When an average family sets out to adopt a new pet, what are they looking for? Healthy and reliable spring to mind, but eventually the elephant in the room always makes itself known -- the new companion’s cost to the family budget. As it turns out, shopping for IT solutions is much like adopting a household pet.

The UK’s 2015 Information Security Breaches Survey resulted in two very noteworthy points. Firstly, the average data breach among small firms costs between £75,000 and £310,800. Secondly, despite the attention-grabbing headlines focused on ransomware and trojan viruses, 48% of breaches were attributed to human error.

As we’ve written many times here in our blogs, there are countless advantages and hundreds of reasons for companies to migrate their IT into the cloud. After all, the cloud is no longer the preserve of huge multinational industries. It has benefits for every company, especially these days when smartphone technology and telecommuting mean that people depend on IT mobility and instant access to data.