The State of Cloud Computing Around the World: Israel
March 24, 2013
Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Xath Cruz.
Israel has always had a great reputation as one of the best hubs of software innovation in the world, and so it is not a surprise that Israeli companies are also some of the early entrants into the cloud computing space. The cloud computing scene in Israel is made up of traditional fields of expertise in the global IT industry, such as security, web applications, HR management, IT management, telecoms applications, business intelligence, and other types of enterprise application domains.
In the past, Israel’s large software companies have been targets for acquisition by leading IT and software vendors. This resulted in many of said companies already making their mark even during the days when cloud technology was still in its infancy. What’s even better is that many of the cloud-related Israeli companies have been acquired at high company valuations. This is further bolstered by many of the acquired companies moving on to provide SaaS solutions in tandem with conventional on-premises offerings…
What Exactly is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is only gaining popularity and widespread use during the past couple of years, but the concept itself is not new, as it is basically the evolution of utility or grid computing, which are based on the consumption of resources and services via an on-demand and pay per use basis. The main difference being that utility or grid computing is focused on the technical underpinning for dynamic, scalable, and flexible IT infrastructure, while cloud computing is targeted towards the business side of provisioning and delivery of services on top of the infrastructure…
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