Cloud on Desktop

The concept of cloud computing has existed since the age of computers and networks was still quite young, and although the term seems relatively new, people have actually long been experiencing the benefits of cloud computing by booking airline tickets online and using Web-based email, such as Hotmail or Yahoo!. Recently, however, cloud computing has been the hot buzzword for marketers and business executives, often during the subject of customer relationship management, or CRM, since cloud computing, though still in its infancy, has had had a dramatic impact on this aspect of business. 

a.     Virtualization: IT resources can be shared between many computing resources (physical servers or application servers).

1.     Provide more efficient utilization of IT resources and reduce hardware cost through resource consolidations and Economies-of -scale. Lower total cost of ownership and improving asset utilization.

b.     Provisioning: IT resources are rapid provisioned (or de-provisioned) based on consumer demands.

1.     Reduce IT cycle time and management cost.

c.     Elastic scaling: IT environments scale up and down by any magnitudes as needed to satisfy customer demands.

1.     Optimize IT resource utilization and increase flexibility.

d.     Service Automation Management: IT environments that provide the capability to request, deliver, and manage IT services automatically.

1.     Reduce IT operational costs by automating the processes used to deliver and manage a cloud computing environment.

e.     Pervasiveness: Services are delivered through use of Internet and on any platform.

1.     Improve customer experience by enabling services to be accessed from anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

f.      Flexible pricing: Services are tracked with usage metrics to enable multiple payment models.

1.     Improve cost transparency and offer more flexible pricing schemes.