Consider the Cloud for Dynamic Workloads

When you mention cloud computing, most IT pros probably think of outsourcing their company’s applications and infrastructure. Certainly, that model is appropriate in some businesses. However, there are other circumstances that might call for cloud computing in a dynamic or temporary deployment, and a recent survey suggests that more businesses are looking at this model for uses such as big data or media files.

The survey was prepared by cloud security vendors CloudPassage and received input from 201 IT professionals ranging from C-level executives down to the systems administrators in the trenches. One of its key findings indicated that 70 percent more companies are planning to use public cloud environments for temporary workload or big data in 2013 as compared to 2012…

I spoke with CloudPassage’s chief evangelist, Andrew Hay, about the survey results. "Netflix is definitely a great example," Hay said. "They’ll fire up a server instance to serve a particular movie. During peak times, they’ll fire up additional servers to combat the load or the customer demand to watch the movies. They’re dynamically provisioning and serving information." In a typical business, you might think of serving training videos in a temporary cloud deployment, for instance…

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