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Cloud Computing in Future: 2013

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Yet another year passed by and here we are stepping into a new year with much more advanced technology and solutions that can fasten up the business process and bring in simplicity of operations.

“Easy to access” and “simple to use” has been the most important factors in a business for making purchase decisions. Business owners are raising their expectations and demanding more agility.

That’s why cloud applications are continuing to be the most trending technology. 2013 is believed to be bringing more mobile in terms of technology. Companies will adopt best practices for deploying mobile apps and access across mobile devices.

We are able to find mobile applications connected to cloud based services. We are already witnessing a perfect storm of technology and telecommunications as hardware manufacturers are building for mobility, while carriers are enabling streaming app delivery.

Smarter, faster and better applications is what is expected in the future. And definitely, users will continue to demand usability, mobility and the ability to easily share and collaborate.

Cloud computing is truly the way of the future. 2013 has more of trending changes in the technology which can bring much more advantages than what is already given by the cloud. Mobility could be one among the trend which has already been adapted by the business users.

 

Guide to Cloud Computing

Posted on by maplespeaker

Enterprises have been making technological investments to keep up with the growing IT and web demands. The emerging technological applications and mobile trends have fulfilled the user expectations for communications and accessibility.

The cloud is a way for enterprises to quickly and easily tap computing, storage, software, development and network resources on demand. This model has offloaded the capital investments and has reduced the operational expenses.

The cloud computing can be defined as pool of hardware, software and operational resources offered by a third party to business users. The cloud is increasingly becoming the buzz of the market because of its virtualization and workflow automation that has enabled the businesses to work in a flexible mode to improve business process and increase profits.

Here are some of the noted primary characteristics of a cloud computing solution.

Virtualization – Moving the entire setup like servers, networks, desktops etc to the virtual cloud.
Centralization – Putting the applications, servers and storage location to one centralized location.
Automation – Automating the business functions to reduce the work load.
Internet Reliance – Extensive use of the internet for deployment and access
Self Service – Users can configure and choose the resources and services as required by themselves online.
Pay-as-you-go – Users need to pay for consuming the service as per the usage. No investments or up-front costs.
Simplification – Less complications in the use of services and in terms of maintenance as the provider takes care of all the upgrades and maintenance.
Technology convergence – enables convergence of multiple technology and makes it possible for integrations.

The cloud setup allows enterprises to control their IT costs through usage. Paying only for the resources an enterprise uses sounds like an attractive model. The cloud model enables enterprises to try things out with no upfront cost or commitment and pay for only the monthly usage.

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