Cloud Service Providers
With a seemingly endless supply of cloud service providers to consider, and with no signs of new companies coming to market slowing down any time soon, your options are only going to grow. Whether this makes your decision to choose a cloud service provider easier or more difficult is up for debate, there is no doubt that you will have flexibility in terms of what companies you get cloud from and what type of cloud service you integrate into your current IT set up.
Cloud Service Provider Categories
one of the first things that a company needs to do when seeking out cloud service providers is understand that type of cloud service they need. Not all cloud providers offer the same service. Therefore, you need to know what cloud services you want to integrate.
Here are your cloud vendor options:
- Cloud security vendors: These vendors offer security solutions in the cloud, but also for cloud as well. These vendors offer services that are meant to dispel the questions some have about adopting cloud. Here are the vendors:
* Awareness Technologies
* Cloud Passage
* McAfee
* SafeNet
* Symantec
* Trend Micro
* Websense
- Cloud application and software vendors: These vendors offer applications, software, and customer relationship management systems over the internet to companies. Here are some of the cloud providers in this category:
* Akamai
* App Dynamics
* Cloud optix
* Cloud Switch
* MaxxCloud
* Microsoft office 365
* NetSuite
* Salesforce.com
- Cloud storage vendors: Cloud storage is definitely one of the most popular uses of cloud technology. It is used widely by both individual users and large companies. Many vendors offer a small amount of storage for free when you sign up for an account. Here are vendors that offer these services:
* Amazon Web Services
* eFolder
* i365
* Symform
* Zetta
* Dropbox
* Google Drive
- Cloud infrastructure vendors: These vendors offer services that help to cut overall IT costs, reduce space requirements and increase flexibility for companies to expand and retract. Here are vendors that offer cloud infrastructure services:
* Amazon Web Services (one of the originators of this service)
* AT&T
* HP
* Rackspace
* Verizon
- Cloud platform vendors: These vendors offer solutions that make it possible to run all of the apps and software in the cloud. Here are the most notable providers:
* Amazon Web Services
* App Scale
* Engine Yard
* Salesforce.com
* Google
* Microsoft Windows Azure
* Open Stack
Canadian Cloud service providers
While Canadian companies are free to use any of the above mentioned service providers, there is some concern about the privacy of their data and the laws in the United States in regards to government access to company files. Add to this that the Canadian cloud industry is still in its infancy and Canadian companies are in a tight spot when it comes to adoption.
However, one look at the Canadian cloud industry and it is abundantly clear that the overwhelming majority of cloud companies are popping up in the Greater Toronto Area. Here are some of the cloud service providers for Canadian companies to consider:
- Board Suite Corporation
- Poll Stream
- Rypple
- Nulogy
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