They may be small in terms of the number of employees, but small businesses stand to reap big benefits when it comes to cloud computing.
Cloud is uniquely suited to meet the needs of a small business trying to grow quickly. If you are an entrepreneur or own a small business, here are some reasons compiled by SmartDataCollective.com, why cloud computing would be a good fit.
Many potential entrepreneurs are inhibited by the huge upfront costs required in order to get a business up and running. Investing in technology can be particularly consuming, but with the cloud, it doesn’t have to be. A cloud database can provide everything from the basic infrastructure to ready-to-use applications, so business owners only have to plug in and go.
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SDN: Uncovering Amazon’s Secret Sauce
Announcements over the past several months including VMware’s NSX, HP’s SDN SDK, and others show that Software Defined Networking (SDN) is hitting the mainstream in a large way. Conventional wisdom is that SDN is still early in the «hype cycle», but a closer looks reveals that SDN may be a very core part of how Amazon’s AWS has managed to achieve the scale it has. Could commercially viable SDN solutions be a way to bridge the gap for competing public and private cloud vendors?
One of the advantages that Amazon’s AWS has held is the ability to massively scale its elastic compute cloud (EC2) with nearly hands-free automation. Amazon, of course, has always been very private about how it does this, but it seems clear that one of the keys has been their substantially customized version of the Xen hypervisor which (among other things) likely has implemented a form of software defined networking (SDN) for a pretty long while. Capabilities such as AWS CloudFormation, security zones, Elastic Load Balancer, and others have clearly shown that much of what used to be network hardware is implemented in their software stack. With VPC, AWS has been a leader in SDN, with strong network isolation (including overlapping IP ranges) that are obviously embedded in the hypervisor and supported by a custom hardware stack. There’s little argument that this has been a huge differentiator for AWS, not just enabling massive scale, but a steady stream of price cuts along the way.
Establish and Manage a Recurring Revenue Model
Microsoft has recently made large business bets on recurring revenue models. That’s because offering goods and services on a recurring basis doesn’t just create incremental, new revenue; it is fast becoming the primary driver of revenue growth for many enterprises.
However, for companies to offer products or services that their customers want and will buy on a recurring basis, it’s critical that they’re able to employ the features, benefits, and capabilities necessary to support the recurring revenue model of their choosing. At the same time they must continue to insure or improve customer satisfaction and retention. This all requires a new breed of billing, without stressing IT or finance.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Harnessing the Risks of Cloud Computing
What should you pack in your suitcase to be prepared for the Journey?
According to a recent marketing survey – 91% of IT decision makers have a positive opinion of cloud computing. So how do they get the corporations they manage to leverage the cloud for growth and keep the same standards or improve the business processes, legal, compliance, finance and operations?
A 2013 McKinsey survey reported that 75% of CEOs find value for their company in Cloud Computing. So what are corporations waiting for? What do they not understand about the value of cloud computing? The media and others have created a well-documented perception of security and other business risks in the cloud. We believe that are just perception and not reality. Our panelist are working in cloud computing and have educated corporations on the value of cloud computing and managing the business risks.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Harnessing the Risks of Cloud Computing
What should you pack in your suitcase to be prepared for the Journey?
According to a recent marketing survey – 91% of IT decision makers have a positive opinion of cloud computing. So how do they get the corporations they manage to leverage the cloud for growth and keep the same standards or improve the business processes, legal, compliance, finance and operations?
A 2013 McKinsey survey reported that 75% of CEOs find value for their company in Cloud Computing. So what are corporations waiting for? What do they not understand about the value of cloud computing? The media and others have created a well-documented perception of security and other business risks in the cloud. We believe that are just perception and not reality. Our panelist are working in cloud computing and have educated corporations on the value of cloud computing and managing the business risks.
The Final IT Evolution – Cloud
Not long ago, the dominant form of electronic communication among people was telephones. The core of the infrastructure was the telephone network. When the Internet emerged during the nineties, IP networks become the new core for electronic communications. Many proprietary standards and technologies died during each of these phases – such as the telegraph and, largely, the token ring.
As cloud is transitioning into the mainstream, it’s likely that the pattern will repeat. For cloud, data is key and so storage needs to evolve a new core architecture based on IP networking. Companies such as Google and Facebook recognized this new core approach and embraced it in their architectures. However, to reach the stage where storage is a standard core architecture akin to IP networks today, we must move well beyond today’s hype.
The Final IT Evolution – Cloud
Not long ago, the dominant form of electronic communication among people was telephones. The core of the infrastructure was the telephone network. When the Internet emerged during the nineties, IP networks become the new core for electronic communications. Many proprietary standards and technologies died during each of these phases – such as the telegraph and, largely, the token ring.
As cloud is transitioning into the mainstream, it’s likely that the pattern will repeat. For cloud, data is key and so storage needs to evolve a new core architecture based on IP networking. Companies such as Google and Facebook recognized this new core approach and embraced it in their architectures. However, to reach the stage where storage is a standard core architecture akin to IP networks today, we must move well beyond today’s hype.
Lunch Keynote at Cloud Expo | Strategies for App Delivery in the Cloud Era
Cloud computing continues to gain momentum as enterprises of all sizes and across all industries seek to harness the business agility promised by this computing model. Despite its long-accepted benefits, the cloud has also fallen victim to performance and reliability challenges, combined with a perceived lack of security. As a result this has led to slower predicted growth and adoption of this still promising infrastructure methodology.
In his Lunch Keynote at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Tim Knudsen, Senior Director of Business Development, will discuss how to overcome these challenges, and the role application delivery solutions play in optimizing public and hybrid cloud architectures without sacrificing performance, security or control.
Lunch Keynote at Cloud Expo | Strategies for App Delivery in the Cloud Era
Cloud computing continues to gain momentum as enterprises of all sizes and across all industries seek to harness the business agility promised by this computing model. Despite its long-accepted benefits, the cloud has also fallen victim to performance and reliability challenges, combined with a perceived lack of security. As a result this has led to slower predicted growth and adoption of this still promising infrastructure methodology.
In his Lunch Keynote at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Tim Knudsen, Senior Director of Business Development, will discuss how to overcome these challenges, and the role application delivery solutions play in optimizing public and hybrid cloud architectures without sacrificing performance, security or control.
SOA Software Named “Gold Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that SOA Software, an API Management and SOA Governance leader that powers the API economy by helping businesses to fast-track API deployment, drive developer adoption, and reach more customers, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s 13th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
SOA Software is a leading provider of API Management and SOA Governance products that enable organizations to plan, build, run and share enterprise services and APIs. Some of the world’s largest companies including Bank of America, Pfizer, and Verizon use SOA Software products to harness the power of their technology and transform their businesses. SOA Software is also recognized as a “Leader” by Gartner in Application Services Governance MQ and by Forrester Research Waves for Integrated SOA Governance, SOA Management, and SOA Life Cycle Management. For a list of other awards please go here.