Wednesday 30 November 2011

Cloud Hosting- The New Ultimate Web Service


The method of operating a website on multiple servers is called cloud hosting. It has caught the interest of web developers all over the world. Cloud hosting provides the provision of computational resources like data and software on-demand through a definite and consistent computer network, and not from any local server. The clients can present a task to the cloud computing service provider, like a word processing, and get their task finished fruitfully without possessing the software or hardware.

Users can access over the Internet an extensive range of on-demand technologies and applications through cloud hosting services. Some of the applications that companies are already using to support business processes are email, remote data backup and storage, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). They are proving to be very useful to everyone using them. 

Cloud hosting services have 3 basic but primary features that distinguish them from the other web hosting services. 

  • ·         Using this one can get modal resources on demand. Typically, the clients are asked to pay a certain price for the computing resources i.e. the storage, RAM, CPU etc. on a monthly, quarterly, or annual billing cycle even if all the allocated resources are not used. But this scene changed when the cloud hosting was set up. It allows customers to pay on a "Pay per Use" basis. The counter is checked on the number of Mb's used. This is the major key benefit of cloud as the people now have to pay for only those resources that they've used.

  • ·         Another of its feature is Elasticity or Scalability. Cloud infrastructure presents the user with the facility of regulating the usage limits in line with their choice and calculations. This elasticity of cloud hosting is magnetizing webmasters everywhere to try their hands too on this service. The users are not mandated to invest in the costly hardware because all the configuration tasks, troubleshooting, expansion of the infrastructure and other aspects are taken concern by the cloud hosting providers.

  • ·         Cloud hosting services have autonomous infrastructure power. There are two types of clouds- Public Cloud and Private Cloud. If the servers are set-up in the web hosts facility and the hardware and resources are provided by the host, it is termed as a Public Cloud infrastructure. Whereas, if the servers are set-up in the clients’ site, the hardware and resources are seen after by the client, then this is termed as the Private Cloud Infrastructure.
  
Thus, cloud hosting gives developers more room and flexibility to practice novel innovations, rather than having to worry about unnecessary things.


Increase Your Company’s Efficiency with SaaS


Saas, also often referred to as ‘Software as a Service,’ is a procedure by which applications are distributed all over to different people through one source, that is, the internet. The applications that are generally delivered through this method are related to various different categories. With the development of SaaS, a lot of headache and extra work on the part of the users is saved. This is because this system of ‘Software as a Service’ does away with the need of installation and maintenance of the various applications that are searched for and used for different purposes and at different times. 

One major benefit of using Saas is that no matter what software or application it is, it can be easily accessed on the internet. Therefore, one doesn’t have to download it again and again on each computer or system. This further helps to save the costs that are required in case of downloading certain software applications. The money that otherwise has to be spent, whether by companies or by individuals, on the purchase, training and licensing of a software, can thus be saved for other purposes. This makes the entire system very efficient as it spares you of the extra costs that can be avoided. 

With the advancement in technology that has been taking place over the last many years, a lot of innovations have come up. These innovations have made life much more comfortable and easier for people by striving to make various tasks as easy as possible. Another such innovation that has become really popular in the recent years, is, the introduction of the concept of public cloud. It basically performs the same function that is performed by Saas. In this system, the service provided basically strives to make several applications and softwares available online so that the general public is easily able to access it.

This saves the extra amount of money that the people would otherwise have to spend on purchasing certain softwares which are essential for their work. They can now easily find them online and make the optimum use of the same with the help of public cloud computing. Thus, it is a very good alternative for companies and even small manufacturing units such as factories and all as it helps to save that extra investment. This, in turn, increases the capability and capacity of any industry or company which helps to achieve the ultimate goal of profit maximization.

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Improve Your Business with the Help of Public Cloud Method


These days business may it be a small size business or large ventures, both category are benefiting a lot from public cloud technique. The major reason why public cloud is so successful is because it provides practical solutions rather than theoretical solutions. According to a survey, if say100 companies opt for public cloud then out of 100, seventy percent are small sized companies. The IT problem is now no longer a problem for these companies with the introduction of public cloud.

With invent of public cloud one should not forget the role of managed hosting servers which play a major role in running these IT problem solving clouds. Therefore these can be better termed as managed hosting solutions. In a public cloud lot many businesses run as isolated containers in a physical environment.  According to a survey done it was found that small businesses spending on public cloud service is around $ 4 billion.

The reason why a company spend their money on cloud service is because it gets to save a lot of money and in return it also gets the security of data. Some large companies believe in a hybrid cloud structure which consists of both the public cloud method and the private cloud method. In private cloud each user is gets a dedicated server and is no more public. This is essential in the cases where the data which is dealt with is highly sensitive and one cannot take any chance to leak it.

The following features should be hunted before selecting a cloud server:-

1.       Security

Since the data used is very important and one can’t afford to lose it. Therefore one should check the credibility of the server before finalizing it

2.       Size and the speed of the server

A secure server alone will not solve the purpose. One also has to take care that the server selected should be big enough to support the huge data. If the size is small and data comparatively is more, then there are full chances that the server will get crashed. With size, speed also plays an important role as is the server does not have speed then the efficiency with which the work is done will be reduced.

3.       Accessible Features

After finalizing the cloud server one should be clear as to what all features one should access as accessing a wrong option can lead to disaster.