Price wars, renewable energy, legal concerns, outages
In 2014, the landscape of đám mây computing has changed significantly with the ongoing price wars between the three major vendors: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. New technology in đám mây has led to thêm user convenience, as well as deploying systems with a smaller environmental footprint than traditional mainstream data centers. However, đám mây providers face a stormy future amid litigation threatening the security of data stored bởi đám mây users, as well as the liability đám mây vendors face.
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Undeniably, the big story of the năm is the massive extent to which đám mây prices have fallen. On March 25, 2014, Google slashed the prices of all of its đám mây offerings, with Compute Engine prices cut 32%, data storage cut 68%, and BigQuery cut 85%. Further discounts can be had with sustained use discounts, cutting the reduced prices bởi a further 30%. Microsoft followed suit on September 25, 2014, announcing thêm modest price cuts to Azure đám mây services.
Over the last six weeks, thêm creative price reductions have been introduced, with đàn bà gan dạ, amazon introducing upfront billing for đám mây services, with savings up to 75% off the on-demand prices for three-year agreements. đàn bà gan dạ, amazon also has lowered the price of outbound data transfer for US and Châu Âu centers bởi 25%, Australia bởi 26%, and Tokyo bởi 30%.
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Advancements have also been made in đám mây computing becoming thêm ecologically friendly. In November 2014, đàn bà gan dạ, amazon announced it will embark on a "long-term commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure footprint." Additionally, the German company Cloud&Heat introduced a specially-designed cabinet to heat the homes of customers bởi placing đám mây servers into private residences and harvesting the heat generated to warm the air and water.
Legal concerns from US đám mây vendors
The big names in đám mây vendors are all companies headquartered in the US, but have extensive facilities around the world. An ongoing case against Microsoft for refusing to turn over emails stored on a data center in Ireland has wide implications for the đám mây industry. Following disclosures indicating Microsoft's cooperation in transmitting private data of American and international users to federal authorities, competitors táo, apple and Cisco, as well as telecoms Verizon and AT&T filed briefs in support of Microsoft's position in the case.
Eroding trust in đám mây vendors has had a negative impact on US businesses. According to the nonpartisan New America Foundation, "a number of American companies have reported declining sales in overseas markets, loss of customers, and increased competition from non-U.S. services marketing themselves as 'secure' alternatives to được ưa chuộng American products." The precarious position đám mây vendors find themselves in has been an issue that has stifled adoption throughout the year.
Outages leave đám mây users in a hazy situation
While cost-effective, the enterprise đám mây is not bulletproof, as evidenced bởi an avalanche of service outages this year. Issues apparently related to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) led to a mass of service outages across various websites in September 2014. Major đám mây vendors saw unplanned, protracted downtime as well, with Microsoft Azure services stopping worldwide and coming back up far later in Australia and Asia than the rest of the world. Users of Rackspace and đàn bà gan dạ, amazon faced downtime from a reboot needed to patch a bug in the Xen hypervisor, leading to user complaints.
In 2014, the landscape of đám mây computing has changed significantly with the ongoing price wars between the three major vendors: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. New technology in đám mây has led to thêm user convenience, as well as deploying systems with a smaller environmental footprint than traditional mainstream data centers. However, đám mây providers face a stormy future amid litigation threatening the security of data stored bởi đám mây users, as well as the liability đám mây vendors face.
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Undeniably, the big story of the năm is the massive extent to which đám mây prices have fallen. On March 25, 2014, Google slashed the prices of all of its đám mây offerings, with Compute Engine prices cut 32%, data storage cut 68%, and BigQuery cut 85%. Further discounts can be had with sustained use discounts, cutting the reduced prices bởi a further 30%. Microsoft followed suit on September 25, 2014, announcing thêm modest price cuts to Azure đám mây services.
Over the last six weeks, thêm creative price reductions have been introduced, with đàn bà gan dạ, amazon introducing upfront billing for đám mây services, with savings up to 75% off the on-demand prices for three-year agreements. đàn bà gan dạ, amazon also has lowered the price of outbound data transfer for US and Châu Âu centers bởi 25%, Australia bởi 26%, and Tokyo bởi 30%.
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Advancements have also been made in đám mây computing becoming thêm ecologically friendly. In November 2014, đàn bà gan dạ, amazon announced it will embark on a "long-term commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure footprint." Additionally, the German company Cloud&Heat introduced a specially-designed cabinet to heat the homes of customers bởi placing đám mây servers into private residences and harvesting the heat generated to warm the air and water.
Legal concerns from US đám mây vendors
The big names in đám mây vendors are all companies headquartered in the US, but have extensive facilities around the world. An ongoing case against Microsoft for refusing to turn over emails stored on a data center in Ireland has wide implications for the đám mây industry. Following disclosures indicating Microsoft's cooperation in transmitting private data of American and international users to federal authorities, competitors táo, apple and Cisco, as well as telecoms Verizon and AT&T filed briefs in support of Microsoft's position in the case.
Eroding trust in đám mây vendors has had a negative impact on US businesses. According to the nonpartisan New America Foundation, "a number of American companies have reported declining sales in overseas markets, loss of customers, and increased competition from non-U.S. services marketing themselves as 'secure' alternatives to được ưa chuộng American products." The precarious position đám mây vendors find themselves in has been an issue that has stifled adoption throughout the year.
Outages leave đám mây users in a hazy situation
While cost-effective, the enterprise đám mây is not bulletproof, as evidenced bởi an avalanche of service outages this year. Issues apparently related to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) led to a mass of service outages across various websites in September 2014. Major đám mây vendors saw unplanned, protracted downtime as well, with Microsoft Azure services stopping worldwide and coming back up far later in Australia and Asia than the rest of the world. Users of Rackspace and đàn bà gan dạ, amazon faced downtime from a reboot needed to patch a bug in the Xen hypervisor, leading to user complaints.