How Cloud Computing Redefined Businesses in 2015?

Ever since Amazon announced a new technology ‘Cloud Computing’ way back in 2006, tech experts around the world have made predictions about cloud at the start of every year and reviewed it at the yearend. Such has been the impact of cloud computing services that it has redefined the way data is stored and how businesses use their tools and applications. With each passing year, we see more acceptance of the cloud among small and large businesses and 2015 will surely go down as the year when cloud computing redefined businesses.

New Business Models

Cloud solutions have helped businesses develop new business models that help them in gaining competitive edge over their rivals. Some of these business models wouldn’t have been possible to develop without a technology that is as flexible and scalable as the cloud.

Accessibility To Tools

One of the major growth areas in 2015 has been the upsurge in the use of tools and applications under the SaaS (Software as a Service) model. This has allowed small businesses and start-ups to access the top end tools and application without having to invest a large sum of money in their outright purchase.

Mobility

Businesses are increasingly going mobile both in the way how they are offering products and services to the customers and the way people work in the organizations. ‘Work from Home’ has emerged as one of the best ways of retaining talent and attracting new people to the fold. Cloud Computing allows you to make tools and application available to the users irrespective of the location and the device used.

Enhanced R&D

Businesses that rely on R&D have moved most of their research projects to the cloud in 2015. This has helped different teams in different corners of the world simultaneously work on the project thus expediting the development of new products and services resulting in increased profits and more value to their customers.

Data Storage

Even businesses that haven’t moved on to the cloud are actually using many cloud solutions without even realizing it. Data storage lies at the core of cloud technology and has allowed businesses to move precious data to the cloud. This saves businesses from the cost of maintaining their own data centers and regularly monitoring them.

Reducing Costs

Last but not the least Cloud Computing solutions have helped businesses cut down on their operational expenditure. As the competition intensified in the industry those with cloud computing solutions benefitted with a less capital-intensive model that offered them more flexibility and agility to change with the shift in market trends.

Cloud computing solutions have become a must for businesses across different industries and if you want to migrate to the cloud or augment your presence we at Semaphore Software can offer you the best of cloud solutions. We are one of the leading cloud computing service providers in India and cater to the needs of customers around the world. Write to us at info@silvertouch.com to know more about the possibilities with cloud solution.

Google Will Switch to OpenJDK in Android N

When Android N rolls out at the end of next year, Google will have switched over to OpenJDK, the open source Java Development Kit from Oracle, instead of the proprietary JDK that Google currently uses for its Java APIs. According toVentureBeat, who confirmed the change with Google after Hacker News first noticed a big code commit to OpenJDK, Google is going with this open source JDK because Android is an “open-source platform” and so it makes sense that they go this route to not only simplify code for developers to build apps, but it also allows them to make “more contributions to the OpenJDK project.”

Mmmhmm. 

For you and I (the non-developers in the building), this all probably doesn’t mean much or won’t affect much of how we use Android. But one has to wonder if this doesn’t have something to do with the ongoing litigation between Oracle and Google over Java. As far as we know – unless the two sides have settled out of court without telling anyone – this battle is still very much as hot as ever, so the move to OpenJDK could be a sign of what Google sees as a long-term out or option. The sooner they get into an open-source Java scene, the better.

OpenJDK, though!

Oh, and here is that big ol’ commit of an “Initial import of OpenJdk files.”

Father of Android Plans To Start His Own Smartphone Company

Short Bytes: Andy Rubin, a legend in the Android world, is planning to make a return to his creation with a new smartphone company, according to sources from the industry. It would be interesting to notice Rubin’s strategy as Android is already an overcrowded category with low-profit margins. 

Andy Rubin founded Android before it became one of the most known products of Google. According to the sources close to the situation, Andy Rubin, the father of Google’s Android phone operating system, is planning to get back in the Android game.

After being away from Android for more than two years, he is planning to start his own phone company. The Information reports that Mr. Rubin has recently tried to hire people to help start a new smartphone company.

Andy Rubin shares an interesting relationship with Google. In the year 2013, he left the Android division of Google to work in Google’s robotic department. Next year, he left Google completely to start his own incubator Playground Global. Currently, he is running his venture capital firm Playground Ventures with $300 million in funding. He’ll be starting this Android phone company via Playground Fund, his own tech startup incubator Playground Global.

If we believe the reports, he might bring something special to the family of Android handsets. In the past, he has mentioned that Android is his baby and he is not leaving it behind forever.

When he left Google few years back, Android ecosystem was an entirely different category. Now it features tons of major players like Samsung, Xiaomi, HTC, Motorola, Lenovo, Asus, Micromax etc. So, it would be interesting to notice Rubin’s strategy as Android is already an overcrowded category with low-profit margins.

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