Cloud computing for business goes mainstream
6 May 2010Last updated at 00:04 By Tim Weber Business editor, BBC News website Investing in the cloud means less capital expenditure. Cloud computing has been an information technology buzzword for many years. Now it is going mainstream. Bryan Kinsella has a problem. Email is a key management tool but as the company grew it found itself with 40 different email systems across 50 countries for 20,000 employees, with another 15,000 staff offline. Setting up a new single email system with a global server infrastructure would have meant a massive capital expenditure. Instead, he settled on a "cloud" solution, rolling out Google's enterprise email across the company. The Cloud explained But what is cloud computing? Cloud fans claim five key benefits: Cheap: your IT provider will host services for multiple companies; sharing complex infrastructure is cost-efficient and you pay only for what you actually use. Bear in mind, cloud computing is not new. Using the cloud Competition boosts cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing metaphor: For a user, the network elements representing the provider-rendered services are invisible, as if obscured by a cloud. Cloud computing is a computing term or metaphor that evolved in the late 1990s, based on utility and consumption of computer resources. Cloud computing involves application systems which are executed within the cloud and operated through internet enabled devices. Purely cloud computing does not rely on the use of cloud storage as it will be removed upon users download action. Clouds can be classified as public, private and hybrid.[1][2] Overview[edit] Cloud computing[3] relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale, similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network.[2] At the foundation of cloud computing is the broader concept of converged infrastructure and shared services. Cloud computing, or in simpler shorthand just "the cloud", also focuses on maximizing the effectiveness of the shared resources.
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Cloud computing
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le cloud computing[1], ou l’informatique en nuage ou nuagique ou encore l’infonuagique (au Québec), est l'exploitation de la puissance de calcul ou de stockage de serveurs informatiques distants par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau, généralement Internet. Ces serveurs sont loués à la demande, le plus souvent par tranche d'utilisation selon des critères techniques (puissance, bande passante, etc.) mais également au forfait. Terminologie[modifier | modifier le code] En France, la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie précise qu'il s'agit d'une forme particulière de gérance de l'informatique, dans laquelle l'emplacement et le fonctionnement dans le nuage ne sont pas portés à la connaissance des clients[7]. Les francisations « informatique en nuage »[7], « informatique dématérialisée »[9], ou plus rarement « infonuagique »[10] sont également utilisées. Principes - le Nuage[modifier | modifier le code] Services[modifier | modifier le code]
Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2011 and Beyond
STAMFORD, Conn., November 30, 2010 View All Press Releases Predictions Show Clear Linkage of IT Investments and Business Results Becoming an Imperative for IT Organizations Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2011 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions highlight the significant changes in the roles played by technology and IT organizations in business, the global economy and the lives of individual users. More than 100 of the strongest Gartner predictions across all research areas were submitted for consideration this year. "With costs still under pressure, growth opportunities limited and the tolerance to bear risk low, IT faces increased levels of scrutiny from stakeholders both internal and external," said Darryl Plummer, managing vice president and Gartner fellow. Mr. Contacts Christy Pettey Gartner +1 408 468 8318 christy.pettey@gartner.com Laurence Goasduff Gartner +44 1784 267195 laurence.goasduff@gartner.com About Gartner
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Sheffield City Council CIO says you can keep your cloud and BYOD - 04 Jun 2012
Budget cuts are forcing Sheffield City Council CIO Paul Green to take a very cautious approach to new IT investments while his department focuses on getting the most out of the authority's existing infrastructure. In an exclusive interview with Computing, Green said: "A critical area for me is to demonstrate we're truly utilising what we've already invested in. Are we truly exploiting what we've implemented over the last three years, for example? We've really invested in the last three years, and we've got a CRM system, and a robust infrastructure that enables flexible and agile working." Green said Sheffield Council is "slap bang in the middle" of a seven-year contract with outsourcing firm Capita to maintain and improve IT services within the organisation. "We have a very close eye on this," he told Computing. Cost efficiency is also an issue for Green. Green is sceptical about the benefits of BYOD. "Why would an end user wish to bring their own device into my organisation?"
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Cloud Computing by the Numbers: Skyrocketing Growth
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 Do you know what cloud computing is? Have you ever heard the words ldquo;cloud computingrdquo;? I know it might sound a little bit off for most of you. You are maybe wondering what really is cloud computing. Our prospective is that cloud computing is here to stay and that it even might even be the next ldquo;industrial revolutionrdquo; for the technology sector. If you are still not convinced that Cloud Computing is here to stay, you can and should have a look at this video: Measuring the growth of cloud computing, which will provide you with even more mind-blowing stats. Now that you are aware of those numbers and hopefully, you understand that Cloud Computing is most probably going to shape the future of IT, the next question question lying down is: How should you adopt/embrace cloud computing? (Visited 1 time, 1 visit today)
