subject: Fundamental Benefits of Cloud Computing – What Nastel's AutoPilot Delivers [print this page] There are different analysts and vendors that define cloud computing in different ways. Some define it narrowly as an updated version of virtual servers on the Internet. There are others that make a much broader definition, suggesting that anything that is consumed outside the firewall is part of the cloud.
In order to bring these abstract ideas down to a concrete basis, it is best to think about cloud computing in terms of what IT always needsnamely, a process or method of increasing capabilities or capacity without the usual requirements (i.e. further training, new software, extra infrastructure, new personnel and considerable cost).
Cloud computing is still in its early evolution as shown by the number of both large and small providers in the emerging market. Such providers offer a number of cloud-computing services of all sizes and ranges. For example, you can find everything from extensive applications to small spam filter programs, all delivered under the cloud computing umbrella.
The goal of cloud computing, and its major incentive for medium and large organizations, is that it allows for an increased utilization of internal IT resources on an as-needed basis. The concept of elasticity is core to cloud computing. The idea is to instantly provision resources for applications when they need them. And when they no longer need the resources they are instantly returned to the pool for other applications to use. The cost factor is key here. A business does not want to purchase additional capacity that is only used occasionally or maybe not at all. Cloud computing lets them only pay for what they use. But it goes further than that. An old fashioned managed service provider (MSP) who has outsourced your applications can always provide more capacity for you. However, they would do it offline with possible disruption to your service and you would then pay for that capacity whether you needed it or not. Elasticity, using the new technologies behind cloud computing makes all of this work transparently in the background. It also facilitates clean installations and faster deployments, thereby reducing the need for additional hardware and making the process less expensive overall.
Nastel's AutoPilot Platform as a Service (PaaS) Solution What Does it Deliver?
The benefits of cloud computing for medium and large organizations can be found in Nastel's AutoPilot PaaS version. It delivers high performance on a consistent basis for IT teams, while also making business applications available that are critical to the organization in question. This is achieved as the customizable suite of software quickly identifies and resolves any potential obstacles or failures in the system.
One of the greatest benefits of using AutoPilot in a cloud deployment is its powerful ability to give IT team much greater visibility of the most essential business processes and performance motoring. Every transaction is automatically traced from end to end. This demonstrates a vast business improvement. Programs such as AutoPilot remove the blind spots. It provides the visibility you need to instantly find the root cause of availability and performance problems such as which invariably occur when using multi-tier, composite applications.
Nastel Technologies' AutoPilot has long been recognized as an end-to-end application performance management and business transaction monitoring solution that provides centralized management and control over the numerous (and complex) environments that most organizations must deal with on a continual basis. Nastel Technologies has earned a reputation as a premier worldwide provider of business transaction performance (BTP) solutions for mission critical applications.
The AutoPilot solution brings together many of the powerful features contained within the cloud computing framework. It allows for dynamic processes to run, and the cloud management automatically adjusts the infrastructure based on the usage and dependencies required inside the system. The business use of cloud computing, and the strong case for its adoption, is displayed inside AutoPilot, as it allows the organization to reduce unnecessary hardware investment or current infrastructure. In turn, this minimizes administration requirements.
AutoPilot, itself built on a grid using distributed services can be used in a cloud computing deployment in order to manage the complex nature of todays business requirements. With real time situational awareness of business applications, business risk and the mean-time-to-resolve (MTTR) problems are drastically reduced, while service to customers is enhanced.
Fundamental Benefits of Cloud Computing What Nastel's AutoPilot Delivers
