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If you have an interest in the latest IT developments, you must have heard about Dell Cloud Computing. What is it about? Is it the right choice for the organizations that need to acquire cloud computing services? These are just two of the very many questions that most people ask themselves when they come across news or articles on this issue. Dell is popular for the manufacture and sale of desktop computers, laptops, printers, netbooks and other electronic devices. In the recent past it took steps to expand its offerings to its customers by venturing into cloud computing services. The company made several acquisitions of other companies and it spent close to $2 billion to set up this project. For people that are not trained on IT matters, the term Cloud Computing may seem very strange when they try to understand it in the literal meaning of Cloud and then Computing. In the IT world, cloud computing has a different meaning from the literal meaning of the terms cloud and computing. Cloud computing involves the delivery of information technology as a service. It could be: • Your personal cloud that can be only accessed within your organization • A public cloud that is provided and owned by an external provider • A hybrid cloud that includes the features of a public and a private cloud Some of the features of the cloud computing by Dell include: • No limitation in the capacity of processing and storage. This means that a lot data and information can be stored under the platform. • Pooled and abstracted resources: these include storage, servers, applications, networks and services that can be rapidly provisioned and then released without a lot of effort of management, or the interactions of the providers of the service. • Elasticity: this refers to the ability of scaling upwards or downwards without any difficulties • Provision of self-service on demand • High standards and levels of automation of the service • Billing that is based on what the user has consumed. This means that it may reduce the overall costs of IT in a business Like any other form of IT platform, the transition from existing IT systems to cloud computing requires some professional planning. There are some costs involved in the IT transition, so the necessary preparations should be made and the necessary logistics put in place. The business, company or institution that wants to make the transition must assess the benefits and risks of the risks of cloud computing.
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