Cloud Servers for Travelers On the Go

Do you want to access the power of a strong network from anywhere? Your best bet is private cloud hosting. By connecting your PC to the power of distributed virtualization, you can benefit from groundbreaking cloud speed, no matter where you are.

We find it often helps to look at examples from our current customers. While protecting the privacy of our customers and anonymizing any sensitive details, we hope that these Real World Scenarios can help you understand the best path better forward.

Below is a request we received from a business professional regularly traveling between the United States and India. The customer submitted the request through our site’s contact page.

After looking at the potential of private cloud hosting for worldwide use, we will look at the field of development to get a better sense of the technology’s powerful speed.

Client:

I am looking for a solution to a problem that I am facing.

I travel between the US and India frequently. I have trading software I run on my desktop and have a four monitor display. While in the US, it takes only 5-10 seconds initially for my charts to load when I run my trading application. However, when I open the same application in India – same setup, one desktop with four monitors – the same file takes anywhere from 1.5 minutes to 55 minutes to load.

Please note the setup in India and the US are identical, and the files I run are also the same. The system in India is more powerful than the one in the US, so that is not the issue. However, I feel running the application remotely and viewing it locally might be the solution.

I am interested to know more about your services. I am currently in India but have a US number. You can call me at 408-XXX-XXXX.  I am 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EST. If you provide me with a number and a contact person’s name, it will be easier to call than you to reach me.

I appreciate your response at your earliest convenience.

Thanks,

XXX

Consultant:

Thank you for contacting Atlantic.Net. Based on your description, you seem to be experiencing latency issues. I would recommend conducting a speed test to determine whether or not our services will be a viable option for you. This can be done by visiting https://www.atlantic.net/speed-test/. Once at the website, please select the location and use the test IP address. Should you have any further questions, please respond to this email. I’ve also listed several links below that may assist you with answering other questions.

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How fast? Fast enough to legitimize daily updates

VPS Hosting is allowing developers to improve the rate at which they deliver versions of software, per a survey completed earlier this year. Paul Krill of InfoWorld reported on the survey on January 23, noting how frequent the updates are becoming:

• One in four (26%) developers releases updates once or more daily
• Almost two out of three (63%) release updates once or more weekly.

The Cloud Development Survey, organized by Evans Data in late 2013, marked the 10th time the semiannual poll has been completed (every six months since early 2009).

Evans Data gathered information from over 400 developers who use VPS hosting to deploy their software or access SaaS (software-as-a-service) for development tools. Along with the tendency of developers to release updates and releases on a more regular basis, 51% of respondents agreed on an additional benefit: enhanced integration of development and operations so that continuous delivery can occur.

Michael Rasalan of Evans said developers are starting to realize that releasing the freshest software versions immediately is rewarding. As Rasalan explains, the cloud effectively provides a real-time, high-flexibility solution: “A lot of this just comes down to the ability to efficiently provide updates and bug fixes dynamically.”

ISVs (independent software vendors) and corporate developers are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to daily releases, but the numbers are similar at the weekly level:

• 46% of ISVs publish updates each day, with 74% updating each week.
• 13% of in-house corporate developers update daily, with 66% updating weekly.

The reason for this is probably the flexibility of smaller organizations. Corporate developers are more likely to run into friction when they seek to achieve continuous delivery and condense the development cycle in general. As Rasalan put it, in some cases, “it’s just the scale of the organizations.”

The smaller, more agile ISVs also seem better able to use the cloud to integrate development with operations: 77% think the cloud enhances that connection. In comparison, only 35% of internal corporate developers do.

Supercharging your private cloud hosting server

As recommended in the Real World Scenario above, you always want to test-drive a private cloud hosting server before purchase. After all, not every cloud is created the same. Atlantic.Net also offers dedicated, managed and HIPAA hosting – contact us today for a consultation.

By Kent Roberts