How to Evaluate Cloud Computing Services

The need for evaluation of cloud computing services is being felt by all and sundry. After using them for so long, isn’t it high time that they were clubbed and evaluated in detail.

There can be two ways to approach this issue. Either each and every service can be evaluated as a standalone or all can be clubbed together as an aggregate. At the end of day one can either be a cloud opponent or a believer.

Find a few tips to help make the evaluation process simpler –

1. Mobile Computing

The whole world is gong mobile and people who still choose to ignore mobile computing can only be termed as retards. During the evaluation, a provider that has an App and offers solutions through cloud is way ahead of someone who doesn’t.

2. Offering Real Time Solutions

The world has shifted to instant gratification. We don’t need to wait for the newspaper, for the news keeps popping via notifications in our devices. In the same way a cloud computing service should offer a business instant access to updated data in order to make snap decisions, even while on the move.

3. No Specification Of Hardware

We are discussing cloud computing service for a global platform here. There are certain services that brag about catering only to Apple users. A reliable cloud computing service should be able to cater to all data systems and all kinds of hardware. The evaluation criterion is not just that it works for all, but that it allows a user friendly interface too.

4. Expansion and Scalability

A good cloud service should be able to offer the same quality and superior service irrespective of the size of the business. They should also have scope for growth and be flexible enough to accommodate any expansion.