Cloud Hosting – Latest Trend in IT Marketplace
Cloud hosting, or enterprise or cluster hosting, is the latest trend in the IT marketplace. Conceptually it means a service offered by a network of servers which are located at various geographically separated places. Practically, a simple implementation of this service is the Internet – whenever you are surfing the net you become a part of cloud hosting. The global spending on cloud hosting services is set to reach $42 billion by 2012 with an increase of almost 300%. Cloud computing in India is still in its very early stages and enterprises are yet to fully comprehend the actual benefits of private clouds, public clouds or even IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
Cloud hosting gives the advantage of improved security, performance and convenience without much monetary overhead. While the traditional hosting services, whether dedicated or shared, were confined to a single server, cloud hosting not only gives you immense processing power with multiple servers but also the flexibility of adding a new server whenever you need to scale up. It helps you employ lesser hardware resources which in turn helps save on power consumption and overhead costs. Cloud hosting can thus effectively improve performance and maximize an organization’s resources without high additional costs.
The major advantages of could hosting can be summed up as follows:
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Pay-per-use policy makes it highly cost effective.
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It is highly scalable in terms of hardware and/or software upgrades, load balancing, etc.
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Migration from traditional setup to cloud hosting is easy.
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Concerns about website availability are eased as you do not have to deal with server crashes.
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Website expansion can be done with minimum limitations.
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Companies can increase or decrease their IT resources without worrying about hardware issues.
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You can do away with underutilized in-house resources and make your contribution towards a greener earth.
The real power of cloud hosting can be utilized only when you have a reputed and reliable cloud hosting web service provider which can match your requirements. To select the best one for your company, consider the following points:
- Security: While the security of your data is of utmost importance to you, check how important it is to the cloud computing providers. Review the security measures that it has implemented to keep physical danger and security breaches at bay. Many times the hardware and cloud based resources are configured in such a manner that attackers can easily exploit the flaws and harm your data.
- Technical support: Without adequate support services, you cannot get far-reaching success with cloud hosting services. Hence ensure that comprehensive support is provided by the hosting company.
- Monetary evaluation: Cost comparison can be another decisive measure. Check which company provides price flexibility allowing you to pay according to your usage. Also the company which charges less for high computing power at prime time can be good value for your money.
Cloud infrastructure service can thus effectively improve performance and maximize an organization’s resources without high additional costs.
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