Cloud Computing: Adapting to Winds of Change

Grazed from SmartDataCollective. Author: Paul Barsch.

Look around at global economic conditions. More than skirmishes—near flat out war—in Ukraine, Gaza, Iraq and Syria. China pushing up GDP numbers by loading local provinces with more debt. European economies are on the mend, but not yet turning the corner. Fickle western consumers more pre-occupied with the latest smartphone app than the new product you’re selling. It’s in stressful economic conditions that you need to make sure your business has the ability to cycle capacity up or down when needed. You need cloud computing.

According to an article in the Financial Times, during the World Cup, Ghana’s authorities had to “import 50 megawatts of energy from neighboring Ivory Coast” just to keep televisions on during Ghana’s National Soccer team’s games. Fortunately, Ivory Coast had enough spare electricity to sell to Ghana, because there might have been riots in the streets had Ghanaian authorities not figured out a way to meet the demands of thousands of televisions…

Just like Ghanaian authorities, many businesses are unprepared for volatile capacity needs and capricious consumers who want what they want, and now. That’s why enterprises that not only have a cloud computing strategy, but the ability to quickly deploy cloud resources on a whim, will ultimately fare better than those still trying to spell “c-l-o-u-d”…

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