State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

State Of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

Introduction of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

        Cloud computing is the on demand computer system resources accessibility, particularly computing power and data storage, without user direct active management. The cloud computing is usually known as the data centers available over the Internet to be used by many users. There are many of the platforms of the cloud computing are there that are discussed, evaluate and compare in this paper. The major solution of the cloud computing are Backspace Cloud, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud that are evaluated. The foundations of cloud computing are: application outsourcing and on-demand payment. The outsourcing of applications imposes a new technological model. The application is no longer running on the user machine, but hosted on a remote hosted server (Wang, Ranjan, Chen, & Benatallah, 2011).

        It is therefore necessary that the customer has an internet connection to be able to use the application. In cloud computing model, the software publisher is no longer responsible for simply selling the application, but must also host it. Depending on the number of customers, the software publisher must maintain a hardware infrastructure allowing to properly executing the application. This infrastructure may therefore include a few servers to several thousand. In addition to these controls the data center must have redundant equipment to high availability of its infrastructure (multiple power supplies, air conditioning, network etc.), resulting in very high construction and maintenance costs (Wang, Ranjan, Chen, & Benatallah, 2011).

Use of Cloud Computing Platforms of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

        The use of cloud computing is accelerated at very high speeds to make the lives of the people more connected  and inter-related with each other and could computing platforms also increase the innovation of products. So, there is a risk of turning the lives of people into nothing but chaos if such multi-purpose devices are not designed carefully. Some of its applications have a very sensitive infrastructure like the smart facility and grid protection. Other applications generate very personal information. That is why it is important to focus on the security. A model that is used for the on-demand entrance to an interlinked network of configurable resources like the servers or software is known as cloud computing. The shared network is capable of provisioning (SaaS) Software as a Service or (IaaS) Infrastructure as a Service (Wang, Ranjan, Chen, & Benatallah, 2011).

        For the future technologies, the use of cloud computing is gaining the attention of vast industries. There are three cloud computing platforms are represented in this article that are important for the deployment of efficient services and products. Moreover, three categories of cloud computing platforms are discussed for the enhancement of customer value along with the challenges. The Cloud computing is likely to augment velocity and agility and make sure that resources are accessible to the developers (Chandrashekhar, Ahmed, & Rahul, 2015)

        It is an advanced technology platform with the global network of devices empowered to interact and connect with each other. For the enterprises, when the clouding computing used with the in which the interlinked devices and machines are able to integrate with the inventory systems that are managed by vendors along with other systems like the business intelligence applications and customer support systems.

        For evaluating the role of cloud computing in different fields of business, there is also a need to monitor the environmental and physical conditions, sensor-equipped devices that are spatially distributed are included in WSN. As in the cloud computing use in the IoT they can cooperate with the systems of RFID for the better tracking of things’ status. For example, the movements, temperature, and the location as well. Initially, WSN were utilized in the cold chain logistics. Even in the tracking systems and maintenance, they have a role.

Backspace Cloud of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

        Backspace Cloud is the cloud computing service provided by the corporation Rackspace. The Rackspace cloud provide all those services which the other cloud service providers provide such as cloud storage and web application hosting. However, Rackspace cloud does not have as much features as the google cloud has for instance automatic scaling and easy formation of applications. Rackspace Cloud has managed to gain popularity however the market share of Rackspace is not as much as the IBM & Google. Rackspace have the opportunity to enhance its market share by gaining significant competitive edge.

IBM cloud of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

        IBM cloud was formerly known as IM SoftLayer & Bluemix. IBM cloud is actually a suite of services provided by the IBM Corporation. The suite offers both IaaS & PaaS services. Through cloud IaaS the organizations can use various services which include networking, storage and pouting power virtually. PaaS on the other hand is an open source platform. The IBM cloud suite support different languages which include Python, Node.js and Java. IBM cloud providers various services to the clients some of the key services include network services, computing services, security, analytics and artificial intelligence (Roman, Zhou, & Lopez, 2013).

        IBM over the years have grab significant market share of the cloud computing infrastructure. IBM has taken 8% of the cloud infrastructure.  Other organizations such as Amazon have larger share than IBM. Today many organizations utilize the services provided by the cloud services providers. Through this not only they able to manage their costs more efficiently but also their productivity and efficiency enhances up to lot of extent. Due to the various products of IBM cloud the IBM cloud has manage to grab the attention of significant amount of customers. In the future it can be said that the IBM cloud with the help of research & development will further innovate its existing products (Gill, 2010).

Google Cloud of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

            Google cloud provides various services to its users. Through google cloud there is no need for server management. The clients can deploy its code and the google will scale it for them. The clients can store the information as well through google cloud. Google cloud is actually a public cloud computing platform. The key services which google cloud offers include software development, administration and application development services. In short through google cloud the users can perform their activities more efficiently and within less period of time (Buyya, 2013).

Comparison of State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

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In the above figure the revenue run rate of various cloud services can be seen. It can be seen that The IBM cloud have generated $10.3 billion annual run rate whereas Google cloud has generated only $4 billion. It means that in terms of revenue IBM is ahead of the Google cloud. Although most of the organization or business have preferred Google cloud in recent years but the revenue of the IBM is much more than the Google cloud. However Google cloud have the opportunity to expand its revenue through attracting more customers in near future (Roman, Zhou, & Lopez, 2013).

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        In the above figure the adoption of the cloud computing platform can be seen. The IBM cloud in the year 2018 is adopted by approximately 15% of the corporations. IBM cloud as discussed earlier have provided variety of options to the clients with suitable payment options which is the reason of success for the IBM. On the other hand the google cloud is being adopted by approximately 19% of the corporations. Due to variety of options and good pricing strategy of the corporation google cloud has manage to attract variety of customers. However there are some other cloud platform as well who are performing much better than Google Cloud & IBM Cloud.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-cloud-providers-2018-how-aws-microsoft-google-ibm-oracle-alibaba-stack-up/

        The above table is explaining how the various cloud computing platform are being adopted by different individuals. In the beginners Google cloud is more popular than the IBM cloud. According to the 2018 statistics 18% of the beginners have chosen Google cloud where as IBM cloud has chosen by only 14% of the individuals. The cloud computing platforms have the opportunity to grow in the upcoming years through continuous improvement and up gradation in the technology. With new features different organization who provide these services can gain competitive edge over the competitors (Wang, Ranjan, Chen, & Benatallah, 2011).

        In recent years the cloud computing services have gain immense importance because they not only allow corporations to increase their efficiency but also allow them to manage their operations effectively. Today the corporations want to gain competitive edge over their competitors so that not only their profit can increase but also they can sustain in the long run. It means that the demand of the cloud services will significantly rise in the future. In terms of services & pricing Google Cloud has gain more popularity and recommended by many clients whom have used its services. IBM cloud services are second to Google Cloud services (Wang, Ranjan, Chen, & Benatallah, 2011).

        If all the above discussion is summarized than it is evident that the IBM cloud have generated $10.3 billion annual run rate whereas Google cloud has generated only $4 billion. It means that in terms of revenue IBM is ahead of the Google cloud. Although most of the organization or business have preferred Google cloud in recent years but the revenue of the IBM is much more than the Google cloud. However Google cloud have the opportunity to expand its revenue through attracting more customers in near future. In recent years the cloud computing services have gain immense importance because they not only allow corporations to increase their efficiency but also allow them to manage their operations effectively. Today the corporations want to gain competitive edge over their competitors so that not only their profit can increase but also they can sustain in the long run (Chandrashekhar, Ahmed, & Rahul, 2015).

        In the Cloud computing the data centers today are built based on an over provisioned model to host a huge number and diverse cloud applications with different compute demands and performance requirements. As a result all the additional resources required to handle workload that is at peak, are required only for a short period of time, the problem is when peak load is completed, most of the provisioned resources run at only 5 to 10 percent utilization leading to unnecessary cost, power consumption as well as cooling (Chandrashekhar, Ahmed, & Rahul, 2015).

        Thus, data centers are generally over-sized to ensure the quality of data hosted applications service. A study done by Google on one of their centers data set, consisting of 5,000 servers, describes the average CPU usage rate of most servers vary between 10% and 50% .From an energy point of view, this under utilization leads to very significant energy loss both at server level as well as at the entire data center level.

Conclusion on State of Art in the Cloud Computing Solutions

            Summing up the discussion about the cloud computing the comparison between its different solutions, it can be said that the outsourcing of applications imposes a new technological model. The application is no longer running on the user machine, but hosted on a remote hosted server. The Backspace cloud provide all those services which the other cloud service providers provide such as cloud storage and web application hosting. Due to the various products of IBM cloud the IBM cloud has manage to grab the attention of significant amount of customers. The key services which Google cloud offers include software development, administration and application development services. It means that in terms of revenue IBM is ahead of the Google cloud. Although most of the organization or business have preferred Google cloud in recent years but the revenue of the IBM is much more than the Google cloud. However there are some other cloud platform as well who are performing much better than Google Cloud & IBM Cloud. In terms of services & pricing Google Cloud has gain more popularity and recommended by many clients whom have used its services. IBM cloud services are second to Google Cloud services. However Google cloud have the opportunity to expand its revenue through attracting more customers in near future. Thus, data centers are generally over-sized to ensure the quality of data hosted applications service.

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