With cloud computing becoming a well-established option for IT operations,
Cloud providers traditionally ensured that they delivered varied cloud
experience to a wide range of enterprise customers. Be it private, or a virtual
private cloud solution, or solely for security and performance, the providers made sure
that their IT operations' clientele got what they needed - or what they thought their clientele need!
Most cloud
providers today realize that the cloud world is getting more and more
developer-centric. A lot of developers are launching applications without being
dependent on IT. There are times when IT Operations are not able to provide the
required infrastructure within a set timescale. At times like these - they turn
to Cloud, for competitive advantages. The businesses have much aggressive deadlines to deliver a new or improved offering - more or less becomes the least common denominator for timelines.
Apart from reliability and stability, what developers effectively look from their cloud providers - are flexibility, affordability and speed in turning
up new services. In essence, every customer today comes with a different and
unique requirement. Now Cloud users have the luxury to not just rely on one
Cloud provider to meet their specific requirements. They have the option to choose
system integrators that are, as Gartner puts it, “combining application
development and application management with managed services on a strategic
cloud IaaS provider’s platform”.
Cognizant’s Cloud360, for instance enables users to provision, monitor, and
manage their application environments faster and more efficiently than before. With its
self-service portal, it allows development teams to spend less time
provisioning new environments and more time understanding business needs and
developing applications. It enables agile development and test environments, empowers
the engineering team in meeting the demands of a tighter development life-cycle
and enables business to deliver faster and higher-quality products to users.
