The term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used in the past to represent the telephone network,and later to depict the Internet in computer network diagrams as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents.Typical cloud computing providers deliver common business applications online that are accessed from another Web service or software like a Web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers.
Most cloud computing infrastructures consist of services delivered through common centers and built on servers. Clouds often appear as single points of access for all consumers' computing needs. Commercial offerings are generally expected to meet quality of service (QoS) requirements of customers, and typically include SLAs.The major cloud service providers include Microsoft, Salesforce, Skytap, Amazon and Google
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Nice post. A lot of people are confused as to what Cloud computing is or can be for their organizations, as you no doubt have seen.
However, to justify investment in cloud resources, there needs to be some kind of proof of benefit to cloud migration. At my company, Cloudshare, we've been able to demonstrated effective ROI for our customers like SAP and VMWare, and lay out just how in this example.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/06/22/4861430.htm
While you do mention cloud offerings like Amazon and Skytap, my company's offering is effective and competitive to those you mentioned and perhaps easier to adopt than the others. I'd be interested in getting your feedback on our offering.
-Emil at Cloudshare
www.cloudshare.com
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