Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Daymark Solutions can help you understand how this model can be best incorporated into your environment, and educate you on the five characteristics that are essential in every true cloud deployment, including:
On-demand self-service. The ability to provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service’s provider.
Broad network access. Capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms (e.g., mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs).
Resource pooling. The provider’s computing resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with different physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand.
Rapid elasticity. Capabilities can be rapidly and elastically provisioned, in some cases automatically, to quickly scale out and rapidly released to quickly scale in.
Measured Service. Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported providing transparency for both the provider and consumer of the utilized service.
Daymark will bring clarity to your cloud analysis by helping you understand the many concepts of cloud computing and, more importantly, how your organization can benefit from this rapidly evolving technology.