When will loyalty embrace the cloud?

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Khem Aithani:  Dec 24 2012, 03:20 IST
as a cloud in diagrams displaying networks or information flow. Therefore, cloud services mean any services hosted from the internet. For example, Yahoo Mail or MSN mail or Google search facility are all cloud services. One can register, have 24/7 access from any end user equipment like a PC, smart phone or a tablet, as usage of this service requires very limited training. Users do not need to know the location of the servers, databases etc. One does not also require an expert at hand to resolve technical problems, optimise storage or the computer speed etc.

In essence, the largest providers of cloud services users are Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, Youtube etc as well as newspaper portals, government portals for citizens, weather channels and many more. As the usage of cloud services comes at little or no cost, some corporations decided to exploit the model for commercial business. Salesforce began offering CRM software to corporates, Amazon started providing cloud computing power and storage, Google and Microsoft offered cloud private email services. Oracle and SAP joined the fray with Oracle OnDemand and SAP Business by Design. Gartner predicts faster growth for cloud based services in the coming years than traditional software sales.

The biggest benefits of cloud based services are lower costs, ease of use, high availability and minimal need of an in-house technical team to manage the technical aspects of the software. Therefore, there is a universal desire among providers as well as user companies to search for appropriate use of

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