Addressing the Challenges of Cloud-Based Applications

July 5, 2011 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Addressing the Challenges of Cloud-Based Applications

Recent IDC research shows that worldwide revenue from public IT cloud services exceeded $16 billion in 2009 and may reach $55.5 billion by 2014. I think it is safe to say that cloud services are here to stay.

Companies of every shape and color are utilizing the cloud to outsource noncore competencies, improve efficiencies, cut costs and drive productivity. One author offers a few best practices to help make the process of building and deploying applications a little less daunting.

First on the list is to “Design your applications for performance and scalability.” Recognizing the difference in building cloud-based applications and building on-premise ones is key. Designing applications to maximize their ability and benefit from the elastic nature of the cloud is the way to go.

We found this interesting piece of news on IT Business Net in their article, “Tips for Building and Deploying Cloud-based Apps.” Read the complete article for more great tips.

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.