Cost Saving Benefits to the Cloud

There was an article in InformationWeek recently, that discussed the cost benefits for companies utilizing the cloud. The article referenced not only savings from infrastructure costs but as well as operating costs. With the flexibility of the cloud, it is no longer necessary to fork over the costs for new servers. Instead, utilize the cloud to pay for what you use. Public cloud costs are on the decrease. Our partner, Amazon Web Services (AWS), lowered usage costs earlier this year. More specifically, managed hosting in the cloud can also reduce the operating costs by managing the servers for you and therefore freeing up IT staff to concentrate on other business projects. The article cites one in four CIOs are planning a project in the cloud this year in order to test the benefits and compare costs.  As cloud computing becomes more ubiquitous and corporate management begins to learn and explore cloud solutions it can often make sense to look for smaller projects or proof-of-concepts as a first foray into cloud hosting.

At CITYTECH we have seen a growing desire from clients interested in the cloud and associated cost savings. Proof-of-concept projects provide short time-to-delivery, measurable benefits, and opportunity to identify potential pitfalls for a cloud migration. Typical PoCs start with a few simple questions to be answered; How well would my application perform on the cloud? What are the sizing requirements for my application? How does this application scale with increased load? or How well can my application leverage other services such as Amazon DynamoDB? Additionally, we have seen an increase in clients looking for a cloud hosting solution for micro-sites; the ability to host one-off or temporary sites in the cloud with modest back-end integration requirements. These micro-sites can also answer questions on how prepared your current infrastructure is to handle integration with cloud hosted applications.

These small initiatives allow clients to quickly experience savings and technical advantages a cloud migration can provide first hand. Interested? We would love to talk to you.