What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing Overview (PDF)

Building the Transparent Cloud - An Intel Case Study on Expedient (PDF)

Nowadays, everywhere you turn people are talking about cloud computing, but what is it? There are many myths about cloud computing services, but cloud computing is essentially a set of computing resources and services. Depending on the user's requirements, they may choose either public cloud computing or private cloud computing. Regardless of which option is chosen, both provide simple, scalable access to computing resources.

Intel and Expedient have been working with global IT and ecosystem leaders to ease adoption of cloud solutions. Delivering technology for tomorrow’s cloud today, Intel and Expedient are helping to make the cloud work for you. Capabilities like hardware-assisted virtualization performance, trusted compute pools and policy-based power management can help your organization with the move to cloud computing. Discover more about cloud computing by reading Expedient and Intel's case study here.

Organizations choose to use cloud computing solutions because this method increases capacity and capabilities without having to invest in infrastructure. Users are able to avoid investing in infrastructure because cloud computing involves the interaction of several virtualized resources. Cloud servers connect and share information resources based on the level of website traffic load across the entire network platform. This method of computing is considered a service in the form of:

• Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud computing services: software provided and supported on demand
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing services: infrastructure provided and supported on demand
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud computing services: deployment and scalability of application platforms

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The greatest benefit of cloud computing is that users only pay for the resources needed, as they are used. Sold on demand in blocks of resources, cloud computing allows users to have as much or as little service at any time. It's a quick and affordable way to provision server connections and storage because provisioning becomes the responsibility of the provider, not the user. Organizations can have worry-free server provisioning because they don't need to invest time or money to purchase, manage and maintain the cloud as they would a physical server.

With Expedient private cloud computing solutions, we offer virtual instances and virtual colocation. Customers can expect:

• Quick, affordable provisioning of servers
• Already built in power, cooling, racking, stacking and cabling
• Qualified and experienced professionals to provide network, hardware, VMware, Windows and Linux service
• Redundancy, monitoring, help desk services, and more

Partnering with Expedient for your private cloud computing services is the best decision you can make for your server provisioning. To learn about how our cloud computing services can benefit your organization, contact us today!

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Expedient offers managed services including cloud computing services, colocation and storage area network management. Our cloud computing services provide you with a quick and affordable way to provision servers. With our cloud computing solutions, your data is accessible, secure and monitored at little cost to you. Learn more about our cloud computing services by contacting us today.