by Rajesh Bashyam, VP Client Services & Vakeesan Rajadurai, Sr.Project Manager
According to Gartner 20% of companies that participated in the survey are using public cloud storage services and 19% for production computing. Gartner rates Amazon as the number one cloud service provider. Amazon recently announced that they are expanding their footprint to provide services directly from mainland China.This article provides an insight into cloud computing, AWS China and the importance of having a trusted partner to set up your presence on Amazon.
Cloud services provide on demand, easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully hosted and managed by a cloud services provider. This arrangement allows the enterprise to focus on its core business and not worry about infrastructure, data centers, maintenance, and other non-core services. However the biggest advantage of using cloud service provider is scalability as business grows. An enterprise no longer needs to plan for the huge investments to regularly upgrade infrastructure. Cloud services allow a firm to scale up or down and pay only for actual usage.
The right cloud provider will have to ensure the following:
- Security and compliance. Clients need to feel confident that their information is safe and that cloud service provider is able to comply to client standards.
- Easy access to information and support
- Cost. Most cloud providers offer pay-as-you-go option.
- Choice of hosting platforms such as LAMP, WAMP etc
Due to government regulatory issues private clouds are a hot topic in China while public cloud services have no presence currently. Private cloud is expensive and makes sense only if the prospective business is for the long haul and has credible opportunities to expand. Public clouds are popular as they are relatively cheaper and billing is based on usage.
Why Companies Choose AWS Cloud Services
Amazon is rated the best among the cloud server providers by Gartner. After having expanded its reach into Asia Pacific Region, its fourth foray, Amazon has recently entered China. Prior to that Chinese companies have been using Amazon Web Services (AWS) in other regions across North & South America, Europe, Asia. AWS has partnered with China’s top data centers like ChinaNetCenter and SINNET and consultants Cloudgo, Bamboo Cloud, Bamboo Technologies, ChinaNetCloud, and Hitachi Consulting (China) to provide high value experience as well as limited regional previews for selected vendors.
Benefits of using AWS over Chinese private service providers
- Using AWS doesn’t involve any up front expenses or long term commitments. It’s scalable and it allows adding/removal of resources on demand.
- Easy to deploy globally and be in production in a few days
- Customers will be able to run their applications on infrastructure in China thereby reducing any delay
Though public cloud is an option for easy deployment and scalability of your application, getting to the point of choosing the right configuration could be daunting. Factors to consider in a service provider.
- Prior experience with hosting on AWS in the same geography
- Partnership with Amazon
- Expertise in performing due diligence based on specific scenarios
- Trained personnel who can work on AWS installs
- Security aspects over and above what the public cloud provides
Cloud Implementation Services through Dextrys
Dextrys is a China-based software services company providing developing web and mobile applications for clients worldwide. We can build and deploy to your own infrastructure or assist you in deploying it to AWS Cloud Services.
To know more about Dextrys and the services we offer please visit http://www.dextrys.com
