Cloud

The term “cloud” is widely used in the context of Internet-based services. What exactly does this mean? Cloud computing assumes that users get access to different services through the Internet rather than via internal resources (such as hardware).

When we are talking about cloud services for the end users (for example, company’s employees), Software as a service (SaaS) model is applied most likely. Under this model users pay subscription fees to use this software.

As a Java cloud development company, we know for sure all the pros and cons of cloud computing. Obviously, cloud services bring certain benefits to their users. To name a few:

• Easy access to a service, all the data updates can be made “on the fly”;
• A possibility to pay for the actual amount of service used, hence, cost-efficiency;
• No need to take care of maintenance work – the third-party (the service provider) is responsible for this.

However, despite all the great opportunities that cloud computing provides, there are potential drawbacks as well:

• Important data is stored on third-party servers, therefore security issues arise;
• Lack of control over the infrastructure can be frustrating sometimes;
• Technical issues (such as equipment malfunctions) can happen with any service provider, even with well-known giants.

Nevertheless, most users find that benefits they get from using cloud services outweigh the potential drawbacks.

Cloud computing has significantly changed the process of application development as well. Today there is a variety of tools aimed to make Java cloud solutions creation easier. These tools are often available on the Platform as a service basis (PaaS), meaning that programmers use a cloud platform to develop and deploy their applications without a need to maintain the infrastructure themselves.

Oracle is a reliable cloud Java services provider. With Oracle platform programmers can develop, test and deploy robust and powerful applications, including the enterprise-level solutions.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is another popular provider. AWS SDK, for example, can be used by a cloud Java development team to easily build powerful software products. Elastic Beanstalk by AWS is used to deploy Java web based projects.

Among other cloud platforms for developers are Google App Engine, VMWare, Heroku, Azure.

As for our experience, ISS Art Java cloud programming services already helped many of our clients. For example, we built a system for gathering and visualizing information about traffic and sales. All the input data is processed and represented as illustrative graphs. Based on the received insights business owners can easily evaluate the efficiency of this or that campaign and make necessary adjustments to their marketing strategy. This cloud service is distributed as a SaaS solution, and this allows Client to get stable profit from the subscription fees.

We are ready to work further on Cloud programming Java solutions. Get in touch with us to discuss your desired cloud project. We will be happy to bring it to life.