The Ever Growing Popularity of Shared Hosting and Cloud based Dedicated Server

The Ever Growing Popularity of Shared Hosting and Cloud based Dedicated Server

The ever growing popularity of shared hosting and cloud based dedicated server among other virtual solutions or services has been a phenomenal story. The growth has been exponential in a relatively brief period of time. Alongside the popularity and fascinating growth, cloud services are also becoming very common. Today, cloud services are not confined to startups and tech savvy companies. Even traditional businesses, regardless of size, are opting for shared and dedicated hosting, virtual servers, cloud based infrastructure including hardware and software.

• The first reason why cloud services are so popular is purely financial. A small to medium business doesn’t have to make a substantial investment in the technological infrastructure that it needs. There are servers and software based in the cloud, there are bespoke services, there are all kinds of online support including remote desktop protocol and even high end technological infrastructure available at a fraction of a cost of what would be the necessary investment to have such resources onsite. Companies would rather spend that money to grow their core business, to have more financial backup, to hire better talents and to further the quintessential objective of the company. A typical investment in optimum technological infrastructure is massive. It makes absolute sense to use cloud services where essentially you just rent the infrastructure at a tiny cost compared to the investment needed to own it.

• Cloud services are paid for based on usage. If you don’t use one of the available cloud services for a given month or longer, you don’t need to pay for that. The amount of space you use, the number of software you access and the types of cloud infrastructure you need, you would pay only for that and nothing else.

• Cloud services offer unparallel scalability. Whatever you need is made available in no time. You can scale up and down overnight. You can work on your business expansion plans without requiring a lump sum capital to invest in new infrastructure. You can scale up as your business grows without worrying about exhausting your available infrastructure and when you need to cut costs you can scale down the cloud services you use.

• Companies offering cloud services are owned and operated by experts. In-house technicians, system administrations or the employee in charge of cyber security may not be an expert. Hiring the best in these niches cost a fortune for most businesses. Cloud services make such expertise available for any and sundry in the world.