Cloud Hosting: The true successor of digital age

The concept of Cloud Hosting was established in the year 1996 and was brought into existence in the year 2006 by Amazon.  The technology experts predicted that Cloud Hosting would revolutionise all the industries starting from huge gaming industries to small enterprises. Also, the statistics say that it will bring the digital cities into life thus ensuring the availability of digital infrastructures like smart elevators, automated parking lots, driverless vehicles and AI managed farms and power plants.  The internet survey says, by 2020 most of the enterprises and people will recognise the importance of Cloud Hosting and will start effectively using it for accessing the information and applications online. It was poised to bring in the significant transformation in the IT sector by enabling online sharing of computer system resources and high-level services over the internet. The cloud capabilities have improved storing, managing and processing of data over the internet. 

A survey predicted that more than 50% of the global enterprises would rely on the clouds by 2020 to contribute their share in the digital transformation of the industries.  Also, 6 billion of the world population will enjoy the luxury of digital cities and will live by 2045. There is an enormous possibility of Cloud Hosting dominating the market in the next decade. Also, SaaS (Software as a Service) will lead to progressive transformations in the era of Cloud Hosting also, sharing half of its market revenue. Social networking sites are the best examples of SaaS as a Cloud Service used today.  Facebook is one of the popular Cloud application where more than 500 million people share and store their data. In 2006 Facebook made a drastic shift from heavy load servers to distributed cloud architecture due to its improved capabilities. Similarly, blogging services like Twitter and WordPress have also started taking advantage of Cloud Computing. Small mid-sized businesses have even started shifting to Cloud usage thus, joining hands with the digital era.

Here are a few lessons how Cloud Hosting will be the foundation of the digital age:

•    Cloud Hosting: Stepping Stone of the Internet

The birth of the internet in the year 1990, took the industry by storm and lead to the dawn of a new era. Cloud Hosting revolutionised internet technology with hardware virtualisation and Service-oriented architecture.  Since 1994, the increased capabilities of Clouds have encouraged the small and large scale companies to end spending on the storage of internal digital data. Over the last 20 years, Cloud has become the vital and significant component of the Internet Infrastructure. The data transfer over the internet has become an easy and quick task with Cloud architecture. Every Single person on this earth who uses the internet is taking advantage of the cloud. The next decade will find Cloud computing becoming an integral part of every business entity thus ensuring custom infrastructure with complete data security to flourish in the market.  Cloud facility is enjoyed even by the desk workers who make use of the internet on their computers.

•    Artificial Intelligence

Cloud hosting has given wings to Artificial Intelligence by enabling them to adapt to the upcoming platforms including smartphones.  The industries claim that cloud technology will play a vital role in their AI projects. Flexibility is one of the major reason behind the success of Ai enabled Cloud Computing.  The fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Cloud has transformed the world of Information Technology positively and hence, is believed to be the future of the corporate world.  A survey says, both Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Hosting together will be the core pillars for digital innovation.

Enterprises using a fusion of AI with Cloud are capable of driving the digital innovations using the resources they possess.  Cloud environments store vast volumes of data, and AI feeds on it. More and more access to data enables the AI to behave smarter than humans. 

•    Information Technology Infrastructure: 

Cloud Computing has proved to be a boon to the IT industry. The reason for the significant shift of IT sector from hardware services to Cloud services is virtualised It systems to access the software applications on the internet.  Now a day, most of the software applications are moved to on Public or Private clouds instead of storing it on the hardware thus, reducing the cost. Since managing data is one of the most significant aspects of IT industry they have started moving towards the cloud technology as it minimises the efforts required to handle and process the data as it becomes the vendor’s responsibility.

The shift of IT industries shows that they believe to focus on the areas they are best at instead of just spending on the IT processes.  

•    Online Streaming:

Initially, movies and songs had to be consumed at theatres. Later, movies could be downloaded once; the user pays for it. But, Cloud technology changed the media industry in such a way that the movies, songs or web series can be consumed online. Netflix, Amazon, Gaana.com, etc. are the best examples of online streaming applications leveraging cloud technology effectively. These applications enable offline availability of data which means, videos and songs can be viewed even without the internet connectivity. The songs and videos can be consumed from anywhere and at any time wit in the application. In other words, once the user logins to his account he can consume the data from any corner of the world.

This positive transformation has led the media Industry to contribute to the digital era.

Is the Internet of "Intelligent" Things (IOIT) becoming a whole new ballgame?

The internet of things is way ahead and gaining worldwide attention due to incredible advancements in it as time passes. The data is becoming more than the size of a Hulk due to the numerous connected data endpoints which give the most unparalleled insights. So, the question arises how we can tap the most of this generated data from all possible data streams? The answer is Artificial Intelligence – the new concept is the internet of intelligent things.

So, what are intelligent things?

We all know about the internet of things technology as it has become well known. IoT mentions the billions of Internet-connected devices all over the world. But, the whopping numbers of data that is continuously streaming through these devices is a considerable task to handle. So, here is where the internet of intelligent things saves our burden.

Earlier, experts have said that there should be more work on the utilisation of the internet of things where artificial intelligence would help in building better solutions. So, in recent years it has been pretty clear that IoT networks become more intelligent when combined with other autonomous technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence. AI makes higher use of the extensive connectivity and more significant data streams which IoT devices can handle well.

What are the benefits that the AI provides?

 Different solutions exist which can evaluate and understand IoT data, but machine learning and artificial intelligence can draw more detailed insights from this data and plan rapidly. Artificial intelligence can spot unusual patterns with higher accuracy with computer vision and audio recognition, thus, removing the need for a human reviewing system. Almost every business is aware of the benefits of IoT, but the enormous advantages of intelligent things are emerging right now. Enterprises can operate in unparalleled ways with intelligent things, consider three examples below –

Quicker responses

It is evident that the internet of things can help businesses in monitoring the operations at a detailed level and having deep insights into the daily activities of differently-sized companies. Nevertheless, there cannot always be a rapid reaction to this enormous data. With the help of artificial intelligence, businesses can be quick in reacting to the situations because AI crunches data at a faster rate and deeper perception.

Consider the example of Fujitsu has shown the use of intelligent things by getting alerts when the workers’ productivity drops, the reason being the heat stress.

Many banks can evaluate AI-enabled real-time data of usage of ATMs, with the analysis of automated CCTV footage. This analysis can result in tracking the fraud transactions and fraudsters.

Preventing failures and doing early maintenance

Industries can easily and quickly respond if any equipment fails. They don’t have to rely upon any human inspector or supervisor to notify them of any mishap, or any failure in a piece of equipment. All these happenings are reported promptly and the site gets an instant response. In fact, the AI-powered IoT technology can prevent the mishaps or failures from happening.

Consider the example of an Australian utility organisation. It is harnessing the power of prediction-based analytics which can use IoT data streams for predicting which reasons can cause a failure in an equipment/device. This helps in reducing the costs of heavy repairs by taking preventive actions early.

Upgraded level of efficiency

The vast number of data streams that IoT endpoints provide allows businesses to measure the performance of every component in depth. But, if someone needs to tap knowledge from all these streams at a faster rate, then intelligent computing is the answer.

Now, here consider Rolls Royce for example. It is using AI-powered computing for analysing the data coming from aircraft engines. With this data, Rolls Royce can make modifications in design and operations to reduce fuel consumption and get powerful performance.

Utilising the internet of intelligent things

It is crystal clear that IoT endpoints can give real-time data groups that bring superb advantages for businesses in a wide array of sectors. But, leveraging this data to acquire benefits is the real challenging task.

Though the impact of AI on our day-to-day lives is astonishing, we are still to witness the real combination of the internet of intelligent things and artificial intelligence, yet. It can prove as a real game-changer for almost every industry. To tap the real potential of IoIT (internet of intelligent things), you should have someone knowledgeable enough to guide you on harnessing the power of connected devices in full throttle.

Are You Aware and Prepared for Cloud Computing Trends, 2019?

It is hard to believe that the days when the cloud was considered unstable and risky were not so old. But, the things changed in a mere five years, and the cloud became an integral part of our personal and business life. We can put a glance at our lives and easily notice that the dominating things are all cloud-based solutions, as every device is internet-connected. As per a report of IDC, by 2020, almost 70% of the expenses on services, software, and tech will be cloud-based. This statement implies that cloud technology is here to stay and grow forever, and therefore, you should make it a crucial element of your organisation. You should not be dealing with SaaS necessarily for that. We should always stay in the know of which things will affect our lives, be it professional or personal. Hence, this blog showcases the upcoming cloud technology trends in the year 2019, which you should be aware of. You can go through the below list and know what the year 2019 is bringing to us. 

1.      Brace the New and Diverse Solutions

A vast range of cloud technology and service adoption causes diversity in techniques, service delivery, and management models. Earlier, the enterprise cloud solution was neither a legacy ‘cloudwashed’ (just labelled as a cloud-based solution to keep up with the hype) solution nor a hyper scale standardized solution (which could not meet the business requirements adequately). So, to solve this dilemma, various solutions came into the market and businesses were able to choose an appropriate solution as per their needs. The solutions were a blend of different services having numerous characteristics of hyper scale and on-demand solutions.

2.      Improvisations in the Security

Earlier there was a threat in moving to the cloud, and some industries still think that they wouldn’t be secure after migration. Initial stages of cloud technology were very unstable and haywire as this happens with any new technology. Due to this, the businesses were reluctant to give their hard-earned data and money into the hands of someone naive.

Now, the times are changing as the cloud solutions and services are absorbing the inputs from the needs of the consumers and improving on that basis. Even if it is evident that nothing is 100% safe and secure, still the upcoming critical risks are becoming addressable. As the threats are new, so are the solutions to tackle them. Therefore, businesses are now focusing more on the efficiency of the solution so that it fits into their critical business needs. Companies are becoming more mature using cloud-based services and solutions, technical issues, and the issues which mostly no one could address.

3.      The Quantity of Cloud-Based Solutions is Increasing Rapidly

The below stats show how much the quantity of cloud-based solutions is going to increase –

•    As Bain & Company claims, by 2020, subscription-based SaaS will be rising by 18% CAGR.

•    As KPMG claims, in 2019, the businesses investing in PaaS will be 56% thereby, making it one of the rapidly-growing sectors.

These facts imply two things –

Firstly, businesses can choose from a varied and huge array of services and solutions and customise them according to their business needs.

Secondly, the enterprises in the business of providing cloud solutions and services need to be more careful and have to stay ahead than the rivals, as the competition is dense. Almost anything can be given as a service now, and this fact makes cloud computing business, a game of thrones.

4.      Hybrid Cloud is the New Go-To Solution

The concept of a full-blown cloud solution for the complete organisation may sound easy and fascinating, but in reality, a significant number of businesses find it more challenging than it was imagined.

But now, the hybrid cloud solutions are letting the businesses make migration easy and fast. Further, it reduces the probable security threats and of course costs.

5.      New Models have More Weightage

More than 75% of enterprises expect that a cloud-based solution can quicken-up the IT-service delivery rate. Cloud-based technology was primarily thought of as a mere cost-reducing solution which could let people avoid the expense of creating IT infrastructure on their own premise. They could anytime use the services from the third parties. Cloud computing has come a long way and became a new milestone as it is now a part of every industry.

Right now, it is standing on its own as a self-sufficient business model and not as a supporting one. Businesses know that cost-reduction is not the only advantage that cloud provides, but, the flexibility, scalability, speed, and adaption to requirements are the key factors. 

6.      Re-evaluation of IT Departments

Rapidly growing investment into the cloud market has compelled a significant number of enterprises to rethink on the role of their IT department. This era demands that the otherwise isolated IT department should interact with every other department and collaborate with them. The current model emphasises the influence of information technology’s work on the functioning of other departments. This means that owners need to hire cloud-centric people for their IT department so they can reposition their staff.

Concluding on Cloud Technology Trends –

The cloud technology is there to solve your problems, and it is going to evolve more. You cannot deny the fact that cloud is indeed a vital part of our lives. Its vitality is going to rise in the coming years. Now that, companies deeply understand the technology trends in cloud computing, they can make correct decisions. They are preparing for future as everyone wants to stay ahead of the competitors. Choosing cloud technology is guaranteed to take your business to the next level. There are solutions and services for your needs. So, choose wisely!