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[ MANAGING THE CLOUDS ]Anamika DattaThe cloud applications and platforms requiremanagement and processes to support <strong>the</strong>traditional applications. Most of <strong>the</strong> ITapplications and (IT) infrastructure are beingshifted to <strong>the</strong> cloud by <strong>the</strong> organizations. Theneed for managing and enhancing <strong>the</strong>se cloudapplications are growing with time. Since<strong>the</strong>re is no hardware or software tool by <strong>the</strong>infrastructure to manage <strong>the</strong> cloudapplications, more efforts are needed to beput for <strong>the</strong> cloud maintenance. Hence, <strong>the</strong>managing part of this application is essentialwith potential benefits to <strong>the</strong> organization.applications to service storage to spammanagement. SaaS (software as a service) is apart of <strong>the</strong> great mix called utility‐styleinfrastructure. IT is plugged into cloud‐basedservices for <strong>the</strong> most part. The aggregationand integration is coming up with <strong>the</strong>individual services provided by cloudcomputing. use The "<strong>Cloud</strong> Ready" programhelps <strong>the</strong> customers to migrate to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cloud</strong><strong>Computing</strong> environment. Google Appsprovides assistance to this program. Ano<strong>the</strong>rexample of cloud computing can be GoogleDocs. The main focus is on delivering newways to give <strong>the</strong> best to <strong>the</strong> customers and<strong>the</strong> easiest access to all <strong>the</strong> onlineinformation. The file management andsynchronization is dealt by integrating <strong>Cloud</strong><strong>Computing</strong> along with Google Docs.Factors for managing <strong>the</strong> cloudsThe iterative capabilities provided by cloudplatforms support <strong>the</strong> needs of a growingbusiness. If one thinks from <strong>the</strong> needs of an ITperspective, few points come into mind whileincorporating <strong>Cloud</strong> <strong>Computing</strong> like –increasing capacity or adding capabilitieswithout any new infrastructure investment,new personnel training, or new softwarelicensing. The cloud concept encompassesservices like subscriptions or pay‐per‐use over<strong>the</strong> internet, all in real time which will extend<strong>the</strong> capabilities of <strong>the</strong> IT background. Thewhole idea of cloud computing is still at apremature stage, with a host of largeproviders and small deliverables, a pinch ofcloud‐based services from full‐grownScalability ‐ The resources provided by cloudcomputing mostly are on‐demand for most of<strong>the</strong> organization needs which includes servers,storage and networking. This nature of cloudcomputing states that more <strong>the</strong> demandgrows, <strong>the</strong> more easily one can match <strong>the</strong>capacity/costs to <strong>the</strong> demand. <strong>Cloud</strong>computing allows <strong>the</strong> developers to deploy<strong>the</strong> IT operations that can easily be successfulwithout paying serious attention to <strong>the</strong>location and nature of <strong>the</strong> infrastructure. It isa platform for <strong>the</strong> most cost effective and aflexible technology where even smallcompetitors can earn with <strong>the</strong>ir skills.Cost Management – Incloud computing, <strong>the</strong> needto switch from capitalinvestment to an27

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