Easter eggs, in software, are deliberately added to software or DVDs as a secret surprise. Often these Easter eggs are added by programmers for a joke, to get some attention, or to add some flair to the software you’re using.
A classic example of an Easter egg is a hidden menu on DVD or an animation in a piece of software that can only be seen by pressing certain keys.
This blog outlines the many benefits that the Cloud provides your business. But as I was reading the above article about ‘eggs’ or little surprises that some developers place in software, I wondered, where are the little surprises or ‘eggs’ in the cloud?
Some ‘eggs in the cloud’ that your small business might enjoy:
Have an idea for a retail business that you want to test market? Want to open a business but don’t have the investment capital? Want to capitalize on a tourist season or a one time sports event? Want take your restaurant on the road?
Pop-ups are temporary stores that are opening up in malls, vacant retail spaces and stadiums. Yurts are pop-up tents that bring the pop-up outside. Both the retailer and the landlord benefit: the retailer can get a start or try out a new product line faster and with minimal investment; the landlord fill up empty space, create new and often exciting destination points and provide increased seasonal revenue streams. Companies such as Nike use pop-ups at sporting events, tailoring the merchandise to the audience.
Restaurants have created their version of the pop-up: the food truck. Food trucks are an ideal way to try out a new concept or expand marketing channels for existing restaurants.
Managing a single, fixed location has its own challenges but managing multiple remote locations adds new levels of complexities.
So what makes this work?
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