Three Rules For Top Cloud Performance

Rule 1: The cloud rides on the network, so the network must be able to keep up

Companies that move applications and data to cloud, or perhaps build new systems on cloud-based platforms, often don’t consider the network infrastructure. When relying on systems that are connected via the network, the network is everything. Slow networks mean slow systems and poor performance.

Rule 2: Applications not optimized for cloud-based platforms rarely perform well

Many enterprise IT pros believe they can lift an application from a traditional on-premises platform and place it on a public cloud without a significant amount of redesign, and everything will end up fine. But how can applications not optimized for cloud-based platforms perform optimally on them? They can’t, so you get higher operational costs and substandard performance.

Rule 3: Consider the data

The manner in which the data is linked to the application is very important to cloud computing performance. Data that’s tightly coupled to the application may not be able to take advantage of many performance-enhancing features of public clouds, such as placing database processing in a series of elastic instances or using database as a service in the host public cloud. You should place the data in its own domain to provide alternatives for faster performance, as well as the opportunity to reduce costs.

Author: David Linthicum
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Brian Byrne is the founder and Managing Partner of Dallas based meshIP, a technology services firm offering cloud computing strategies and services. He is an accomplished executive with senior management experience in all facets of the technology, telecom, cloud computing, and SaaS industries. He has proven success in developing, financing and executing strategic plans as well as launching new ventures. His background includes a record of significant achievement in international business development and his credentials include a MBA in Marketing and Management Strategy from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a MS from the School of Computer Science at DePaul University, and a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

He is also the inventor of the patented meshDETECT, Secure Prison Cell Phone Solutions.

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