By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: October 6, 2009Posted in: Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2), Cloud Solutions, Integration, Opinions & Explanations, VMWare, VirtualizationTags: 
Cloud computing is coming of age. It provides virtually unlimited computing resources in a wide variety of offerings. It offers new business models as to how to leverage, package, and access computing resources. An actual example illustrates some of the cloud’s potential. Franz Inc, makers of advanced Semantic Web tools, wanted to test its software product across dozens of machines and databases. The problem was that Franz didn’t have machines or the software and obtaining them was cost prohibitive — in excess of $100,000 — not to mention the delays in acquisition and configuration. However, the test was critical. It would demonstrate the product’s value and provide a credible differentiation from the competition. What to do? Franz opted for a cloud solution, staging its service on Amazon’s S3. The company ran its complex tests in a few days, and gained a wealth of insights and performance data to evaluate — and at a cost of less than $200. For Franz, cloud computing changed the competitive analysis and understanding of performance in the large at a fraction of the cost and time
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Cloud computing provides virtually unlimited computing resources in a wide variety of offerings
Cloud computing is coming of age. It provides virtually unlimited computing resources in a wide variety of offerings. It offers new business models as to how to leverage, package, and access computing resources. An actual example illustrates some of the cloud’s potential. Franz Inc, makers of advanced Semantic Web tools, wanted to test its software product across dozens of machines and databases. The problem was that Franz didn’t have machines or the software and obtaining them was cost prohibitive — in excess of $100,000 — not to mention the delays in acquisition and configuration. However, the test was critical. It would demonstrate the product’s value and provide a credible differentiation from the competition. What to do? Franz opted for a cloud solution, staging its service on Amazon’s S3. The company ran its complex tests in a few days, and gained a wealth of insights and performance data to evaluate — and at a cost of less than $200. For Franz, cloud computing changed the competitive analysis and understanding of performance in the large at a fraction of the cost and time
http://www.ddj.com/web-development/220300736
Cloud computing provides virtually unlimited computing resources in a wide variety of offerings
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