DEMAND for cloud computing will grow, as networks of remote servers offer big companies efficient data storage, management and processing, an F5 Networks executive said.
Cloud computing facilitates big enterprises in hurdling growing data challenges with high levels of flexibility, agility and innovation, according to Jobert David, F5 Networks Philippines Inc. senior field system engineer.
The network of servers hosted on the Internet is “very promising,” since the trend today is coping with massive data, he said. Cloud computing becomes the practical solution in dealing with growing information.
During the holiday season, an enterprise’s servers do not take the amount of workloads they normally do on regular days, David said. If an enterprise uses 10 servers on regular days, it may use five only during the holidays.
Half of the servers will get underutilized, he explained. From an opex operational expense (opex) perspective, it is costly and impractical on the part of the enterprise as an investor.
“Under the cloud environment, you could automatically shrink the number of your servers, say from 10 to five, but you are still serving the same number of applications,” David said.
“Cloud is very dynamic,” he noted. “Most of them are opex-based, pay as you use.”
Besides the impracticality of private servers, setting up additional units can be costly, and the enterprise has to meet a required number of compliances, he added.
“You need a huge justification to secure approval,” David said. “This brings enterprises into hybrid environment—existing servers and cloud.”
He advised enterprises to adapt to the ever-changing world in order to continuously provide clients with quality customer experience in terms of cost and ease.
Adaptability is key to survival in today’s tight competition, he noted.
David’s statements jives with that of International Data Corp.’s (IDC) Sherrel Roche’s view.
“Enterprises are overwhelmed with massive amounts of data and, additionally, mobility and Internet of Things are adding to this exponential growth and complexity,” Roche, information-technology Services senior market analyst, IDC Asia Pacific, was quoted in a statement as saying. “This, in turn, is facilitating enterprises to relook at their Big Data and analytics strategy and leverage the growing data to make quick and right decisions to achieve business goals.”
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