What Could the Cloud Be Like in 2013?

Cloud computing has been the buzzword in the world of Information Technology for quite some time and it is likely to retain that status in the coming years as well. Cloud computing has been helping business enterprises deliver services faster and less costly as compared to all existing delivery models. Small and medium business enterprises have in fact grown substantially in their outlook towards technology thanks to the implementation of cloud computing in their core business models. It has brought down infrastructure costs like no other technology has done before, not to mention the ease (remote) access features that have become existent in critical business models thanks to this unique technology. The future looks even more promising than the current scenario. The world as we know always strives for more and it is an assured fact that we would be seeing many more implementations of cloud computing in as many discrete operational areas as possible. Let us look at what could be the state of cloud computing in the upcoming future – particulary, the year 2013. Collaboration of Private as well as Public cloud could be the biggest trend that we could witness in 2013 as enterprises are looking for new ways to help their customers benefit from the best of both worlds. A hybrid cloud strategy that provides them with the functionality and reliability of both is thus a very interesting prospect. Speed could be a decisive factor for next generation cloud computing technologies. Depending upon network bandwidth and speed, cloud based services could be deployed at rates never before imagined. The benefit will be for end customers who rely on bottom line services that are cloud-based. They would get speedy service rendering and hence could save them time as well as costs if we take into account charges for service time. Integration of mobile and cloud computing could become even stronger with mobile applications calling out to back end services resting on cloud-based platforms and hence seamless service delivery happens no matter wherever you are on the planet. It is high time people let go of the myths in security regarding cloud computing. 2013 may very well see the end of such myths as cloud delivery platforms have become more secure than ever before with state of the art security firewalls, physical protection and security of data centers hosting these cloud platforms and much more. Nothing makes your business more portable than cloud computing. It would be possible to port your data and applications to whichever part of the world you move to and all you need would be a computer connected to the internet. Backup and recovery measures might be fully loaded onto cloud based platforms thanks to the convenience offered by it; case in point, GMO Cloud's add-on services on top of their IaaS offering. Software development companies would be stressing on the importance of cloud like never before. They can get teams of engineers to work together from every nook and corner of the globe and this kind of collaboration would help develop software components quickly and efficiently. Bring your own device or BYOD is going to be the talk of the town in 2013. We are seeing a paradigm shift in work culture where the freedom and power of IT are actually given to users via a web based interface. No longer is their demand for complex hardware for working on complex software products. Open source cloud computing platforms may see a whole new dimension of demands as they have demonstrated their ability to rival proprietary competitor platforms and has also shown the flexibility it has with regard to supporting a wide plethora of services and not to mention the huge support it offers to anyone using it courtesy of the open source tag it has. As far as service delivery is concerned, Software-as-a-Service models would continue to improve and provide faster and less expensive user experiences via simpler interfaces. The number of platforms that can be used to access software as a service would increase with even smartphones embracing cloud based applications as we mentioned earlier. In all 2013 as well as the imminent future after it looks more exciting than ever before for cloud computing and it is indeed going to be a more fruitful venture for business enterprises and services relying on it.

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Our articles are written to provide you with tools and information to meet your IT and cloud solution needs. Join us on Facebook and Twitter.   About the Guest Author: Mandira Srivastava is a fulltime freelance writer who specializes in technology, health and fitness, politics, and financial writing. Equipped with degree of mass communication and having worked for both private and corporate clients, I have experience meeting a wide range of writing requirements and styles.