Cloud Computing Services
What is CLOUD COMPUTING?
Cloud Computing is a new way of accessing computer power using the power of the internet and virtualisationtechnology. Instead of running your software programs on local hardware in your office, the software is operating on high performance servers in a centralised data centre owned by a service provider who shares the services between you and other clients.
Say you want to use a new application, you do not need to install it on your computes and test if it is compatible with your other software; it is already in the cloud and just need to activate it to log on to it. You don’t need to buy any new hardware, either. With cloud computing, the programs or applications are available on a as-you-need basis – according to your demand.
With Cloud Computing and Cloud Hosting applications, you don’t need to spend money up-front buying software licences you may not need later on. That is because Cloud services are provided on a monthly subscription basis, or on a user-pays pricing model.
“The Bottom Line: Cloud Adoption Provides A Path To The Next Generation Enterprise”
“Cloud adoption is inevitable. Business technology leaders will move beyond “try and buy” across the Cloud Stack for seven reasons:
- The cloud has moved from “when” to “how”
- As the economic climate improves, the cloud adoption discussions are moving from cost to value and from tactical to strategic
- Reducing hardware cost, increasing competition amongst vendors, and economies of scale have put the customers in a driver’s seat
- Customers have realized that TCO of software should be a vendor’s problem, and not theirs
- Cloud will deliver the optimization savings to pay for future innovations
- Future innovations will arrive cloud first and maybe never as an option on-premises
- Time to value, ease of use, and good-enough functionality will lead as the primary drivers for SaaS adoption”