Cloud Computing is more than a technology. Cloud Computing is more than a platform and it is more th...

1. Cloud Computing Is More Than A Technology by William
smith
Cloud Computing is more than a technology. Cloud Computing is more than a platform and it is more
than just an application hosted as a service. It is a combination of all the above plus provides
immense data storage on the Internet.
In today?s competitive economic environment, as businesses are trying their best to balance and
optimize their information technology or IT budgets, Cloud computing can be an effective strategy to
reduce the information technology operations and management costs, and to free up critical
resources and budget for discretionary innovative projects. Typically, a business organization has a
eighty by twenty split between regular ongoing information technology or IT operations cost which
includes hardware, software licensing costs, development, data center maintenance, etc. versus new
investment for solving needs which are critical for a business to survive in these challenging times.
Cloud computing technology can have a significant impact on this by reducing the footprint of
information technology operations by taking out the upfront capital investments needed for
hardware and software. It enables a new model viz. - use what is needed and pay for what is used
model. This entails businesses to invest on innovative solutions that will help them address key
customer challenges instead of worrying about cumbersome operational details.
Cloud Computing is a paradigm that is composed of several strata of services. These include services
like Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Storage as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a
service (SaaS). Different Cloud computing services providers have developed various access models
to these services. The access to these services is based on standard Internet Protocols like Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer
(REST), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and the infrastructure is based on widely used
technologies including virtualization. Cloud computing is the maturation and coming together of
several prior computing concepts like Grid Computing, application service provider (ASP), Server
Hosting, Utility Computing, and Virtualization.
Cloud Computing Technology Provides Plenty of Benefits
Cloud Computing Technology provides plenty of benefits. Some of the main benefits are given below
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Reliability plus Scalability
You get extremely high uptime, that is, almost up to hundred percent. You are free to scale up or
down resources.
Rolling Backup
Cloud computing service provider uses rolling backup technology to backup data.

2. Security and Support
SAS 70 Type II compliant data centers are used. Experts provide free 24/7 support service via chat,
phone, email, etc.
Cost Savings
End users save much money on Information Technology or IT operations.
Any Application
Cloud Computing Technology allows hosting of Windows Server software, Peachtree accounting
software, MS SQL Server, QuickBooks accounting software, MS Office Server, ACT! CRM(Customer
relationship management), Lacerte Tax software, etc. Almost any application can be easily hosted in
the cloud.
Anywhere and Anytime
Cloud hosting service provider allows end users to access cloud hosted software from where ever
they are located. Multiple end users can instantly share same data file at the same time.
Visit: http://www.myrealdata.com/cloud-computing.html
ICT Security Specialist Shafran from Princeton, likes to spend time electronics, Hookworm In Dogs
and fossils. Preceding year just made a trip and the San Leucio Complex.