Over the past several years, cloud
computing has experienced exponential growth, as small and mid-sized businesses
have sought to capitalize on the advantages that cloud computing provides. One
of the heavily touted benefits of cloud computing is its ability to create some
unique advantages for small to mid-sized business, subsequently serving to
level the playing field, so that these businesses have the capacity to compete
on a broader scale. Currently, more than 60 percent of all small to mid-sized
businesses have adopted some form of a cloud computing solution to help meet
their computing needs. Additionally, approximately 72 percent of these
businesses have virtualized a significant portion of their servers.
The growth in cloud computing is only
expected to increase in the coming years. Following are some current trends
that are extremely relevant, promising to pay a substantial role in the
development of future cloud computing solutions.
1.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Recently the discussion surrounding the
relative merit of personal cloud computing solutions, and its counterpart,
public cloud computing. The introduction of hybrid cloud computing offers an
infrastructure that merges the high security benefits of personal cloud
computing with the powerful, cost effective and scalable public cloud computing
model attributes. This allows IT managers to have access to more computing
choices, while those who are in favor of big data and security will also find a
high level of satisfaction in the hybrid computing model.
As hybrid cloud computing models continue
to move toward the mainstream, look for more businesses to adopt the hybrid
cloud computing solution, which will subsequently put an end to the debate.
2.
BYOD
One major benefit that cloud computing has
done is create a situation in which business can facilitate mobile
accessibility without having to create a massive local network infrastructure.
One area in which technology is evolving at a revolutionary pace is in the way
of mobile technology. What has changed most about communications technology is
that the latest technology is no longer marketed to IT professional, but it is
now marketed directly to the consumer, which is somewhat of a role reversal of
what has traditionally taken place.
Because employees will generally have
mobile technology that is substantially superior to what the IT department has,
the demand by employees to use their own devices was inevitable. Although this
business computing model can create a number of security challenges for
businesses, it also comes with its benefit to the company. For instance, the
cost of upgrading the mobile technology no longer rests with the company, as
the employee will now carry this burden. It also improves proficiency and
worker morale. This model will require the implementation of a Mobile Device
Management system in order to facilitate the proclivity of employees to use the
cloud to move more and more their personal data to personal cloud services.
3.
Platform as a Service
PaaS solutions allow businesses to
significantly reduce their IT costs, while maintaining the capacity to increase
application development, using more efficient development and testing methods.
The International Data Corporation is projecting that PaaS will expand its
market from $3.7 billion to $14 billion globally over the next several years.
4.
Big Data Analytics
Over the last several years there has been
a fierce debate surrounding the best computing option for small to mid-sized
businesses as far as cloud computing and big data analytics is concerned;
however, much in the same way as the debate concerning the choice between the
personal and public cloud solutions ended with businesses finding it more
advantageous to combine the best of both solutions in lieu of choosing one over
the other, businesses have also chose to combine the benefits of big data with
cloud computing.
The emergence of big data analytics over
the next several years will provide businesses with a scalable tool that is
cost effective, allowing them to compete on a global scale.
5.
Graphics as a Service
Traditionally, the capacity to run a
high-quality, high-end graphics application required a substantial hardware
infrastructure; however, the emergence of cloud computing is quickly
transforming this reality. There is a growing number of cloud-based graphics
technologies that are being offered to businesses as online services through
the cloud computing model. These services provide the capacity for the end
users to effectively run high-end graphics programs at a low cost, using a
downloadable HTML5 browser.
It is certain; cloud computing is here to
stay. The only thing that is left for businesses is to determine is how they
will exploit the multitudinous benefits associated with cloud computing.
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