Scalable Cloud Vs On Demand Cloud Hosting

Despite the fact, that Cloud Computing has been here for a decent duration of time, we realise that the kind of popularity it has gained, is pretty fresh. With the evolution of Cloud, there have been few revolutionary changes in the world of IT. Today, many well established IT companies are investing big time on research for offering a better Cloud technology to users. In the Cloud technology, the basic idea is to get the IT resources and services from a pre-existing infrastructure and provided it as per the demand in a highly dynamic as well as scalable environment. Cloud holds the power to offer each Small to medium-sized businesses with the on-demand resources that are required for smooth functionality.

Cloud Hosting can be considered to be a highly effective and scalable offerings for an IT environment. Since small and mid size businesses cannot (usually) afford to invest in a dedicated server, the Cloud can prove to be a perfect choice due to the fact that it can be offered at a pro-rata basis. One can also consider Cloud to offer a virtually unlimited solution for your website requirements and allow your business website to grow with time and without the worry of exhausting the server resources. Number of companies have plunged into offering a comprehensive approach which includes infrastructure, platform, and productivity capabilities, as well as the option to choose public cloud, private cloud, or both ie. the Hybrid Cloud.

One of the most primary feature of Cloud includes the pay-per-use, where users need to pay only for those resources that their website have actually used. Hence, offering you a perfect value for money. Cloud has brought a revolution in the economics status of small-medium businesses in IT. Before the evolution of cloud, there was an intensive capital investment that had to be done in the IT infrastructure. But, today for SME's if we find a ratio of the IT costs and the ROI, it is observed that there have been convincing increase in the profit share. The basic reason is that, you only have to pay for whatever you use, hence depleting the need for investing in the infrastructure and the resources that you aren't actually using, which led to the waste of investment costs.

Due to the shared structure of Cloud, it has evolved as one of the highly used and recommended solutions for businesses. Due to the offering with the Cloud, it is now possible for enterprises to use high quality hardware and other resources which previously could be borne only by the large businesses and enterprises. Most importantly all this can be availed at fairly negligible price. A business of almost any size can access the IT resources at affordable web hosting charges. With a quality IT resource working as a backbone, enterprises can take chances of entering new markets, acknowledge and server the changing customer requirements, create and offer value added services, at the same time achieve a cost-effective strategies.

Various types of Cloud Hosting can be offered based on customer requirements, wherein 3 basic types are usually available ie. Private Cloud, Public Cloud and Hybrid Cloud. The distinguishing factors between the three types would be covered in next article.