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Cloud Computing:
The Green IT 'Cloud' is advanced technology made extremely simple. It is an internet-centric concept that incorporates
Web 2.0, software as a service (SaaS), virtualization and other recent, widely-used technology trends, in which the
common theme is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the ever-shifting needs of users. Built without reliance on a
single piece of hardware, the moment you turn on any Green IT module, the Cloud is set to scale across an entire
fleet of servers. Accordingly, you pay only for what you use, with minimal up-front expenses and no long-term commitments,
making this platform a cost-effective way to deliver the functionality you need to drive your business.
Highlights and Benefits:
- Elastic services and infrastructure that scales when you need it, providing fantastic performance and low costs
- Deployments and enhancements that happen in real-time without the inconvenience of downtime
- Subscribe to new modules directly from our AppStore and begin using functionality right away
- Pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Minimized capital expenditure, compared to historic single-server hosting configurations
- Security improvements due to centralization of data and increased security-focused resources
- Device and location independence -- access the cloud anytime, anywhere
- Reliability improvements through the use of redundancy, which makes it suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery
- Sustainability through improved resource utilization, more efficient systems, and carbon neutrality
For more information, please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071116_379585.htm
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
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