Every snow cloud has a silver lining – if you’re involved in cloud computing technology.

The system, in which computer hardware and software are pooled centrally and accessed via the internet, is becoming increasingly popular as high-speed broadband becomes widely available.

As well as saving IT costs, the technology can be remotely accessed, which is vital for firms wanting to keep going during snow storms, like last month’s Big Freeze.

It is estimated the disruption cost the Sussex economy £6 million a day as businesses were forced to shut because staff could not make it into work.

But the cold snap was a boon for at least one company, Clouddata, based at the Sussex Innovation Centre at the University of Sussex Falmer campus.

To read the full Argus article click here or to register for the SInC ’Remote working and disaster recovery’ seminar on 23rd Feb at 10.00am click here.