Choosing Cloud Components Selectively to Optimize Business Operation
October 28, 2013
Grazed from MidSize Insider. Author: Robert Lawson.
The cloud is becoming a popular and sometimes integral part of everyday business operations for many companies these days; but according to Forbes Technology contributor Joe Weinman, who focuses on the business value of technology, this trend is growing so fast that a customizable intercloud will be the most viable strategy for users going forward.
Flexibility of Service
Small and midsize businesses need to do more with less, and that is why this technology can greatly improve IT solutions. Getting a secure solution that is always available, requires little to no setup and that can be up and running with little to no initial expense are a few key factors to consider for the midsize market to consider. When considering an IT contract, making sure that the company providing services is flexible enough to work with the client to find optimal solutions is in the best interest of all parties…
Staying Competitive
Louis Columbus, another Forbes Technology contributor, highlighted research from a computing study in another Forbes article that predicts that this type of business computing will grow by 36 percent compound annual growth rate over the course of the next couple of years, reaching a market size of $19.5 billion by 2016. The study illustrates the role of this technology and its future in the marketplace for midsize businesses, and it is based on research that took place within the first six months of 2013, using live interviews with IT managers and primary decision makers in midsize and large businesses in Europe and North America. Weinman, a chairman of the IEEE Intercloud Testbed executive committee, compared the future of standardization for the growing cloud computing trend to the airline travel industry, which is made up of many smaller industries that all need to conform to a common standardization of methods, services and other aspects of business to perform efficiently…
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