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- So you understand the theory behind cloud computing. You know that it is a good solution for your business. No longer will you have to worry about servers crashing or their ability to handle peak loads. You can forget about infrastructure and focus on growing your revenues. Your bosses love that you decided to come to them with this solution. You have the whole lingo down and you know the basics. However, next week you have to go in front of management and explain why it is time to look at cloud storage solutions and cloud computing providers. They expect you to educate them about the technology behind the concept. They want to know about migrating your data and systems and how scaling works in this environment. You are no expert when it comes to these concepts but let’s see if we can’t give you a crash course before you go in front of them and embarrass yourself.
So let’s start with the technologies. You will need to look these up for further understanding but first off you can tell them that the Internet is the common denominator in this environment. You will also run into virtual technologies like VMware and Xen. And you will also see database, web hosting, managed hosting models and grids as well as LAMP and Windows stacks. So if that is still confusing, at least you have a place to start your research. To migrate to the Cloud, you will most likely run into little trouble. And once you do migrate, you can expect a more stable, reliable and scalable environment. And speaking of scalability, you need to make sure your cloud computing provider has the capability to offer you enough scalability to accommodate your company’s growth. Scalability in theory might be limitless but it is not realistic. Hopefully, this information will help you prepare for that meeting. But know this; moving to the Cloud will help your company be more successful.