Thursday, April 28, 2011

Amazon AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront)

Amazon Web ServicesAmazon AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront) is a Market leading supplier of IaaS. You can rent Servers, Server Capacity, and Data Storage. The benefits with this solution are, among others, that it is a Quick and Cost Efficient way to acquire a Scalable Infrastructure.

Data Storage on Amazon S3 has exploded during 2010 (se graph), i.e. a great number of companies have already migrated their data to the Cloud.

Amazon S3 tillväxt

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a service family of different Cloud Services where the most important are Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront.

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)
This service allows creation, start, and maintenance of virtual servers (Windows Server, Linux etc), through one web interface. The servers can thereafter be used for many different applications, from public websites to phone switches. The name "Elastic" comes from the fact that it is easy to adjust server capacity during e.g. conjunction and traffic peaks. The cost for the service is also elastic, i.e. you only pay for the capacity that is needed, for example for the time that the servers are running and for the amount of data transferred.

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
This service concerns only data storage in the Cloud.
It can be used for several purposes:
  • Internal file storage and document sharing
  • Secure Backup and Archiving in the Cloud
  • Web server to store static web content such as HTML pages, images, videos, documents, JavaScript, and CSS
  • CDN (Content Delivery Network) in combination with CloudFront with the purpose to optimize response and download time.
Once again the price models are flexible, i.e. you pay for the amount of data stored and transferred. Prices are usually perceived as low.

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
This is a service to optimize response and download times on high-traffic global systems and websites. This is achieved through replication of the data from S3, EC2 or another server, to Amazon's great network of servers that are spread out throughout the world. For the end-users this entails a quick response time and a pleasant user experience, regardless of where in the world you are. Thereby, Amazon CloudFront offers the possibility for Global Growth. Once again, there is no fixed subscription fee, rather payment only for the quantity of data transferred.

Read about Facebook as the leading PaaS platform in the next Post...


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Friday, April 22, 2011

Reduce Costs with Google Apps

More than 33 Million companies and 30 Million users have chosen Google
Apps, and 3000 new companies join every day! The figures below are
from Forrester Researcher, and demonstrate that solutions from
Google are 10 times cheaper than competing solutions. The systems
from Google are also easier to use, and thereby generate
greater time and cost savings.

Kostnadsbesparingar med Google Apps

Google Apps consists of Packaged and Integrated Business Solutions that (1) contain over 60 Standard Systems, (2) can be expanded with additional 200 systems from Google Apps Marketplace.

Most companies start by implementing the Basic Package, and thereafter continue to add systems as their company grows or their needs increase. The basic package costs about $50 per year and user. Below is a list of Key Functions and Functional Benefits:

Email

  • 25 GB storage space, which is about 50 times more than the Industry Average.
  • The excellent search function renders mail-sorting obsolete.
  • Very well developed support for Mobile Units such as iPhone, Android, etc.
Calendar
  • Shared Calendars.
  • Possibility to invite to meeting and book meeting rooms.
  • Accessible through Web or Mobile Phones.
Intranet
  • The possibility to Create and Edit Internal or External websites
    for your company, different departments, partners or customers.
  • Different Permission levels to e.g. Show or Edit Content.
  • Access to use Thousands of full-fledged Gadgets.
Document Sharing
  • Accessible from Web or Mobile Phone.
  • Easy sharing and editing of Office documents.
  • High Security with HTTPS and 2-Step Verification.
Other Benefits
  • Low Total Cost with Flexible Standard Systems.
  • The systems are accessible from all Web Browsers and Mobile Phones.
  • It is Easy to Administrate Users and Data.
  • High Security with HTTPS, Encryption, 2-Step Verification, and Patented Spam-Filter.
  • SSO (Single Sign On) = Sign in only once.
  • Continuous and Free-of-Charge System Upgrades
  • Customer Support 24x7
  • Expandable with more than 200 systems from Google Apps Market Place.
    E.g. sytems for Customer Management, Invoicing, Case Management, Accounting etc ...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Zoho CRM



wedran implements solutions from Zoho, which has over
3 Million users across the World. The technology is Integrated
with Google Apps and available from both Web Browsers
and Mobile Phones.

With the Zoho CRM Solution you will have access to an excellent
Customer Management System which will help you Sell More,
Optimize Sales Processes, and make Administration more Efficient.
Key features are:

  • Sales Automation
    Track leads, prospects, business opportunities,
    and sell more in less time.

  • Customer Support & Service
    Integrate Customer Support Processes with
    Sales, Invoicing, and IT.

  • Reports & Analytics
    Visualize the task pipeline, business performance,
    trends and schedule reports to the specified user.
Additionally, with Zoho Invoicing, you will also be able to:
  • Manage Invoices Online
  • Track Expenses
  • Accept Payments Online
  • Generate Reports and Analytics
  • Easily handle Taxes and Discounts
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    Saturday, April 9, 2011

    Reach Success With Cloud Services

    Cloud Services enable Global Growth and significant Cost Savings. Those companies, big and small, that successfully manage to reposition themselves in the Cloud will become the most Competitive and thereby have the potential to become Market Leaders. This post will give you an brief overview to get you started.

    Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Amazon AWS
    Amazon AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront) is a Market leading supplier of IaaS. You can rent Servers, Server Capacity, and Data Storage. The benefits with this solution are, among others, that it is a Quick and Cost Efficient way to acquire a Scalable Infrastructure.

    Software as a Service (SaaS) Google Apps och Zoho Apps
    Google and Zoho deliver Leading SaaS Solutions; a great number of flexible and packaged standard systems. A few advantages with these systems are High Quality for a Low Price, access through Web and Cell Phones, and the fact that they are integrated with each other.

    Platform as a Service (PaaS)Facebook PaaS
    Facebook is currently the largest PaaS platform. Here, companies can create applications or integrate functionality from Facebook. The greatest benefits are access to Available User Data and to Facebook’s large Membership Base.



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