Selecting a Cloud Computing Provider

by Vikas Banga on June 20, 2009

Many service providers offer cloud infrastructure now, but all these services are unique, and often it becomes difficult to separate one from another. There are of course lot numbers of features which different providers give but the basic questions which you should be answering to ascertain which vendor is right for your needs are below.
A. Technical Support - What happens when you need help? Can you find a human voice comforting you at the other end? This is going to happen very frequent during your initial days when you are migrating to Cloud.

B. Performance – Most common concern because cloud infrastructure is still coming up, and lot of innovation is happening there. You cannot compare this on paper, as lots of things depend on whom you are sharing your resources with. So it is always better to try it firsthand and given such low cost entry

Interested in reading more.. Please download the recently published whitepaper by Appulse Technologies on selecting a cloud computing provider here.

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