In a previous post titled "4 Reasons why Cloud Computing is Appealing", we pulled out the best of the reasons why Cloud Computing is so popular today. We mentioned that you can scale your networks up or down as required, you can go mobile, and the solutions are rendered right out the box. Yet, not every cloud computing solution out there is for every business. Cloud computing solutions are not purchased off the shelf, no matter how you cut it.
According to IDC research services, IT managers in companies included in a survey reported that reliability, performance, and SLA commitments are the most important parameters they depend on while managing daily IT tasks. Needless to say, they also had the usual, prime objectives of reducing costs, ease operations, and reduce complications that come with IT management.
IT management isn’t about managing hardware, networks, and a select group of applications or software; it’s far more complex than that today. As such, there has always been a need to bring in technologies that meet all of these demands to a large extent.
Their wish has been granted today in the form of cloud computing. Satiating a seemingly unending list of demands growing businesses make, virtualization ad cloud computing together work to meet all of those above mentioned demands such as reduced complexity in IT management, reduced costs, capacity scaling, performance, reliability, and finally, security.
It’s not possible to execute flawless IT management without adding middleware – groups of semi-cloud technologies that work to alleviate concerns such as security, reliability, and performance.
If left to run by itself, virtualization adds to the complexity rather than reduce it. Cloud computing immediately fires up questions about reliability and security for most IT managers. What you need then is sophisticated cloud computing solutions that not only execute tasks, achieve efficiency, and meet business demands but also solutions that have the ability to bring forth a variety of disparate, mission-critical applications to work together in a single cloud environment while keeping the data secure and operations reliable.
Businesses today run on sensitive and yet demanding workloads. Cloud computing solutions should be able to address this sensitivity while catering to the demands made.
Cloud computing solutions are all the rage today. Thousands of vendors – big, small, and unknown – have lined up to provide services to companies and Individuals. Yet, not every cloud computing solution will meet the criteria for your business, which has unique needs. Think carefully about the choices you make for your business since every decision impacts your business profitability.
How do you make your choices?
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