Making Migration to Cloud Quicker and Easier

Cloud Computing services and providers are new to the IT industry but the platform has been in development for a number of years. The term "Cloud Computing" has been used in confusing ways but underneath the hype there are real IT adoption trends such as global class architecture, web platforms, scalable and elastic processing and the integration of cloud computing services with on premise applications and data (Source: Gartner).

The Cloud is also referred to as application or infrastructure services known as SaaS (software as a service) and HaaS (hardware as a service).

Cloud Computing Defined (Source: Gartner)

Gartner defines Cloud Computing as "a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT enabled capabilities are provided as a service to internal and external customers using Internet Technologies."

Top 5 Cloud Computing Attributes (Source: Gartner)

1. Service Based: Consumer and business based concerns are extracted from Provider concerns through service interfaces.
2. Scalable & Elastic: Services scale on demand to add or remove resources as needed.
3. Shared: Services share a generalized pool of resources to build economies of scale.
4. Metered By Use: Services are tracked with usage metrics to enable multiple payment models.
5. Internet Technologies: Services are delivered through use of Internet identifiers, formats and protocols.

The Cloud is also referred to as application or infrastructure services known as SaaS (software as a service) and HaaS (hardware as a service).