The cloud continues to transform computing, making it less expensive, easier and faster to create, deploy, and run applications as well as store enormous quantities of data.
By leveraging cloud services, companies can let a dedicated third party securely handle the underlying systems and services, paying just for the capacity and services they need, according to TJ Horan is vice president of product management for FICO, in a recent dbta article. Using open, hub-based architecture is a quicker, less costly way to improve cross-functional visibility and coordination compared with the traditional one-to-one systems integration.
The cloud offers services of all types, including software as a service, database as a service, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, cloud puts a range of technologies within users’ easy reach - when they need it, where they need it, with the ability to scale elastically.
Here are the winners of the 2016 DBTA Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Cloud Solution:
Winner:
Rackspace
Finalists:
Salesforce.com
VMware vCloud Suite