The Future of Cloud Computing Services is Very Promising-$22.6 Billion by 2016

Every IT company is buzzing about the advantages as well as future of cloud computing services and its enabling technologies and indeed it looks very revolutionary. It is giving the benefit to all the IT companies who are providing innovative solutions to other enterprises.

What is cloud computing?

Every enterprise is asking the same question…..What is cloud computing? What can it do for the business encroachment? Well with cloud computing the enterprises can focus on their business without being hassled by the regular IT department needs.

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With the innovative solution which are offered by cloud computing, the enterprises do not need to think about the critical important business areas like data security, infrastructure investment, regular updating of the machines etc. They can now hire a company who can do it all for them at a very minimal monthly cost.

Some of the basic advantages of cloud computing are:

• Excellent integration of web services.


• No prerequisite to install the software as well as hardware in the office premises.


• Faster growth without any major investment.


• Regular support and application customization as per the requirement.


• Automatic updates and regular application up gradation.

Infrastructure of cloud computing

Infrastructure of cloud computing is very promising, it saves a lot of administrative cost. Cloud computing services almost cost half to what the regular IT staff would cost to an enterprise. More so, the prompt support from the companies providing cloud computing services saves a lot of effective time of the patrons. Some of the major areas where cloud computing saves the cost for an enterprise are:

• Customization of all the application on the server as per the need of an enterprises.


• Easy and real-time reporting. The patrons can easily download the real-time data from the servers in order to get a live updates.


• There is no additional cost for the security of the data. All the companies providing cloud computing services are well-equipped to provide enhanced security measures to their client with a robust data back-up system.


• Most of the servers provide multi-lingual support in order to have a global support for the application.

The future of cloud computing services

The future of cloud computing service is very bright because every enterprises are looking for the solution to expand themselves on global platform while investing minimum on their infrastructure. As per the recent survey conducted by Market Monitor, the cloud enabling technologies will grow from $10.6 billion to $22.6 billion by 2016. It is significant to mention that it will be a compound annual growth of 21% which is huge.

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Some other services such as Cloud-as-a-Service, Software-as-a-Service etc. are also gaining popularity among the small enterprises. As per CAGR, cloud security technology will have the greatest growth rate and it will grow by 29% till 2016.



If we look at the above given figures and market predictions one can certainly say that cloud computing service providers are for sure looking at a great feature. They will be the trend setters who will be enhancing the way for technologies for generations. We hope to see some of the amazing new cloud computing features in next couple of years!

Can HTML5 Be The Future of Web Development?

There is no doubt that HTML5 is becoming favorite of the market. Developers, companies as well as service providers are opting for HTML5. So, yes perhaps we can say that HTML5 will be the future of web development. And it is here to stay for a long time indeed.

HTML5 has many new features such as <video>, <audio>, <canvas> etc. which can be integrated with SVG content. Due to all these elements it is very easy to integrate multimedia and graphical content to web without using any third party plug-in.



Some of the other advantages of HTML5, are-

Empathy

Web world is continuously changing. Now websites do not only give information to the user they also require to engage the user as well. To achieve this purpose, developers now have to use fluid animations, play music on the background, steam live video’s etc. on the website. Until recently, they had only one option to integrate their site with the help of flash, JavaScript or flex. But all these tools take so much time to get developed and also increase the complexity of the website. But now with the help of HTML5 one can do so much with the website such as- embed video and audio, high quality drawings, charts and animations without using any third party plug-ins.

Enhanced semantics

With HTML5, one can see the clear coding on the page and the values of headers and footers are clearly understandable. Because the codes are very standardized, it is easy for a lay man to also understand the back-end page and change the values, if required.

Consistency

HTML5 brings greater consistency to the website. This feature helps great deal to all the designers and developers because they can immediately understand the structure of the web page and can develop it further.

Better storage system

This is one of the best feature of HTML5. It’s kind of a mix between the regular old cookies and database of client side. However, it is certainly better than cookies because it allows for storage across several windows. It is a secured medium which will persevere data even after the browser is closed.



When you are able to store data in the browser of the user, you can easily create apps features like-storing user information, loading previous state of the application etc.

Development of games

Yes, you heard it right. You can develop games with HTML5 using <canvas> tag. This platform provides great way to develop games which are also mobile friendly. They are also easier to build, in comparison to flash games and take way less time to get developed.

Development of mobile website

Creating a mobile friendly website is very easy on HTML5 platform. It is a customized tool which can develop apps and websites without taking too much time. As we all know mobile flash has been discontinued by Adobe, one can certainly use HTML5 for the mobile application development.

Doctype

Now all you have to write is <doctype>, nothing less nothing more. Now there are no long line of unreadable codes, no more non-understandable head tags etc. You can simply put the above said value on your backend, and you are done. Besides being simple, the best part about this is that it is readable by all the browsers.



If we consider all the above said points, we certainly be able to say that HTML5 can be the future of the market. It is offering all the best things to the developers as well as to enterprises.

A Whopping no of 102 Billion Mobile App Will Be Downloaded in 2013

Smartphones are successful because of the applications they offer to their consumers. People are buying smartphones so that they can use all those useful applications which can make their life easy. On September 19, 2013 Gartner Inc. (Technology Company) said that the number of applications both free and paid will soar to 102 billion by the end of 2013.

It is surprising to see that, 2012 has seen the download of 64 billion apps. It is expected that this number will reach the sky-high of 269 billion in 2017. The revenue from mobile app will be $26 billion in 2013 with comparison to $18 billion last year. This is a very good amount considering that this sum is only coming from paid application and only 9% of the total application are paid.



The android and iOS app store are likely to rule the market with the combine share of 90 percent of global downloads by 2017. In June 2013, Apple reported that they have more then 9, 00,000 applications and google said that they have more than 1 million apps in google play store. Both stores have rich environment and very active community which is continuously developing applications for them.



Windows phone and BlackBerry are lacking behind because they don’t have a very active community which are developing applications for them aggressively. Currently these both platforms have less than 5 percent of market share and it is likely to go down in near future.



It is surprising to see that, 2012 has seen the download of 64 billion apps. It is expected that this number will reach the sky-high of 269 billion in 2017. The revenue from mobile app will be $26 billion in 2013 with comparison to $18 billion last year. This is a very good amount considering that this sum is only coming from paid application and only 9% of the total application are paid.



The android and iOS app store are likely to rule the market with the combine share of 90 percent of global downloads by 2017. In June 2013, Apple reported that they have more then 9, 00,000 applications and google said that they have more than 1 million apps in google play store. Both stores have rich environment and very active community which is continuously developing applications for them.



Windows phone and BlackBerry are lacking behind because they don’t have a very active community which are developing applications for them aggressively. Currently these both platforms have less than 5 percent of market share and it is likely to go down in near future.



Availability of free mobile applications is the major driving force behind all these numbers. Lots of useful applications are available free of cost to people who are becoming addicted to their smartphones. From the morning alarm to bed time prayers, there are application to support you. Free applications are more popular in all the segments. About 90 percent of the total applications which were downloaded in 2012 were free. This year almost 91 percent applications which are being downloaded on the mobile of the users are free.



Apple app store is offering about 60 percent application free of cost and Google play store offers about 80 percent of its application free of cost to its consumers. Users can check the rating and reviews, file size as well as comments before downloading the application on their handsets. After looking at the trend closely, we will find that most of the users opt for the application for the purpose of fun.



Gartner also alleged that in-app purchases adds up to about 11 percent of the total app store revenue. It is a figure which is likely to rise to 50 percent by 2017. An in-app acquisition occurs when a user download a game, music or any other application free of cost and then upgrade its feature by paying money to the application manager. This mechanism requires a special code to be written by the developers in order to give access to the people who have paid money for the upgrade. In-app acquisitions are a substantial percentage of Apple App Store revenue on iPhones.



In-app revenue is more successful and common because users are ready to shed some money when they are happy with the experience and convinced that the application can be very useful for them. Most of the gaming companies are also adopting this concept. However, this practice also push the developers to come-up with something which is unique and no other company has it.



We hope to see some of the amazing mobile apps, paid or free, from mobile app development companies in future which can bring more innovative solutions to simplify the life.