Given the current IT scenario which changes by the hour, and where change is the need of the hour we have to deliver more with minimal resources. In other words we need to “do more with less”. Today everything is service-oriented and to add to that, an economy recovering from a recession has given impetus to enterprises choosing service offerings over on- premise applications.

“Cloud computing” is the current buzz word in the IT space. Remember the data center management, production environment, staging environment, failover strategies, upgrades and what not which have had the IT departments spend sleepless nights. Wouldn’t it be great if a single service could take care of all the distress? Enter cloud computing and you are free from all the hassles encountered.

Proliferation of the Internet in recent years has facilitated real-time access to consumer and business products, software and solutions, without demanding an end-user to personally own the underlying resource. Cloud services are accessed over the Internet via user-friendly web interfaces; they are location independent and moreover do not drill a hole in your pockets.

Why all the hype around cloud computing? Just two words: cheaper and faster. The benefits of pay-as-you-go model are so compelling that today, many have already adopted or plan to turn towards cloud offerings