In a recent article in InfoWorld, Zia Khan examines the hype on cloud computing. He argues that while there may be more hype than reality for the enterprise sector, it’s not that way for smaller organizations (SMEs/SMBs). Khan states:
“…but the SME and the organizations that are already strapped for cash, they really have no option other than the cloud.”
I think they have other options, but not if they want to stay competitive or even sometimes stay afloat in this economic climate. Enterprises many times have the economies of scale to handle a DIY virtualization process…they’ve got the people and the bandwidth. But startups, such as new software-as-a-service companies, don’t have the manpower to build their own infrastructure, manage it and have time to focus on their own core business processes, like updating their code and optimizing their products for the people who matter, their clients. That’s when Infrastructure as a Service companies like BlueLock make perfect business sense.
The advantages of virtualization are endless, and for many small companies the route to virtualization is through a trusted hosting partner. Rather than investing tons of capital in hardware, software and infrastructure people, SMBs can move their infrastructure to a virtual cloud, enabling them to focus on improving the features and functionality of their software to beat out the competition. For those companies who like the idea of having their own private cloud, we’ve got a solution for you too and we can link it up to spill over to our cloud if necessary to give you even more bandwidth to work with.
I’ll wrap this up with one more quote from Mr. Zia Khan:
“One thing is for certain – in times of an economic downturn, cloud computing is ideal – it will just take a while for companies to get there.”
Let’s just hope your competition doesn’t get there first.
“…but the SME and the organizations that are already strapped for cash, they really have no option other than the cloud.”
I think they have other options, but not if they want to stay competitive or even sometimes stay afloat in this economic climate. Enterprises many times have the economies of scale to handle a DIY virtualization process…they’ve got the people and the bandwidth. But startups, such as new software-as-a-service companies, don’t have the manpower to build their own infrastructure, manage it and have time to focus on their own core business processes, like updating their code and optimizing their products for the people who matter, their clients. That’s when Infrastructure as a Service companies like BlueLock make perfect business sense.
The advantages of virtualization are endless, and for many small companies the route to virtualization is through a trusted hosting partner. Rather than investing tons of capital in hardware, software and infrastructure people, SMBs can move their infrastructure to a virtual cloud, enabling them to focus on improving the features and functionality of their software to beat out the competition. For those companies who like the idea of having their own private cloud, we’ve got a solution for you too and we can link it up to spill over to our cloud if necessary to give you even more bandwidth to work with.
I’ll wrap this up with one more quote from Mr. Zia Khan:
“One thing is for certain – in times of an economic downturn, cloud computing is ideal – it will just take a while for companies to get there.”
Let’s just hope your competition doesn’t get there first.
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