Top 7 Reasons Economy Will Feed Cloud Computing
By Tarry Singh at 20 December, 2008, 3:11 pm
Got this from our friends at 3Tera.
In the current economic conditions, where everyone is looking to spend less but still achieve their business objectives and profitability, cloud computing services look all the more attractive for IT professionals concerned about costs and flexibility. Whether you move your existing applications to remote locations or adopt remote applications entirely, you’re likely to reduce equipment, software licensing, energy, and IT support costs immediately. With over two years experience and nearly 350 customers and partners, 3Tera, Inc. (www.3Tera.com), the leading innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing services, is trying to educate and demonstrate why cloud computing is ideal no matter the economic conditions. Here are seven reasons the down economy is feeding cloud computing:
1) Lower up-front costs – instead of buying hardware, software and consultants to set up and run applications, businesses can pay a cloud-based provider “by-the-drink”
2) Faster time to market – ability to deploy and scale your app in hours without changing code, ultimately enabling companies the ability to begin making profit sooner
3) Reduced financial risk – instead of entire financial risk taken upfront, with uncertain return, financial risk is taken monthly and matched to return
4) Lower CapEx – cloud computing model leverages commodity hardware and eliminates unnecessary over provisioning, allowing a utility pricing model
5) Lower OpEx – administrators are freed from tedious manual provisioning and management of servers, so application operations are streamlined
6) Decreased downtime & costly delays – ability to add capabilities quickly without investing in new hardware or having uncertainty of data loss and downtime – scale from a fraction of a server to hundreds of CPUs in days
7) Additional services – services include more security, redundancy, bandwidth, and dedicated expert staff than most small and midsize businesses can afford on their own
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