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what is cloud computing?
Cloud computing is a simple concept. In essence, it's the idea of having services and resources delivered to you, on demand, anywhere, without the need for an infrastructure of your own. ThinkGrid is a true cloud computing services provider. Whilst many providers sell their customers static allocations of CPU, RAM and storage, we prefer to offer our partners and customers flexibility and truly dynamic IT based around real services not algebra
What 'cloud' means in practice is that the infrastructure and services you use are external to your company. They are typically delivered securely over the internet, so there's no need to worry about the physical management or components of your IT platform. Instead, you get the services delivered to you, and you can rely on the scalability and design of the cloud for highly available, fully supported, state-of-the-art IT.
Cloud or 'on-demand' computing allows you to access specific services or resources and then alter them, on the fly, as your business requirements change. With ThinkGrid, this can be done with any of the services, from hosted desktops to hosted Exchange and virtual servers. One month you might have 5 users, the next month 100; one month your virtual server might have 4 CPUs, the next 8.
This model offers customers the ability to buy resources on an "pay as you grow" basis, on demand, as their needs change. This also means you're only billed for what you use, and you remain in control of how much you consume. Our platform offers customers the ability to access a vast pool of computing resources, and to have them delivered as a service, dependent purely on your requirements and able to seamlessly adapt to any changes in those requirements.
Above all the key message is that businesses want to phase migrations to the cloud, choosing tactical areas of the business or specific problems to fix, meaning you need a set of services and management that can seamlessly integrate with your existing business, without adding overhead...
General 'cloud' benefits
No capital expenditure (CapEx)
With no capital expenditure required, there's practically no barrier to entry. All infrastructure is owned and maintained by ThinkGrid, so customers don't need to purchase their own hardware for one-off or infrequent intensive computing tasks.
Device and location independence
With the cloud, IT is no longer tied to local hardware, meaning users can access systems regardless of their location or what device they're using (e.g. PC, mobile, IPAD etc.).
Integrate simply with your existing IT and phase as you get comfortable
Multi-tenancy
Cloud computing enables the secure sharing of resources - and therefore costs - amongst a large pool of users. This allows businesses to: Centralise their infrastructure, resulting in lower costs (e.g. hardware, real estate, power etc.) and simplified management.
Meet peak-load capacity increases. Because resources can be added on demand, on the fly, customers don't need to over-subscribe in order to provide for peak load levels.
Increase efficiency and improve the utilisation of existing systems that are often only running at 10-20% of their capacity.
Get Green IT as ThinkGrid have a high degree of utlisation in our worldwide datacentres, saving power and the environment.
Reliability
True clouds are composed of multiple redundant sites, which makes them perfect for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Scalability
Because clouds are, in essence, vast pools of computing resources, they're hugely scalable, allowing them to quickly meet changing user demands without having to pre-provide or engineer for peak loads.
Security
Because all data is centralised in the cloud, with its multi-site, redundant infrastructure, security is massively increased.
Our datacentres are ISO27001 or SAS70 certfied for security
ThinkGrid also has Sarbanes Oxley and HIPPA compliant elements
Sustainability
Clouds allow businesses to maximise use of existing resources, increase system efficiency and help meet carbon neutrality targets.
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