Cloud Computing an Emerging Tool to Survive E-Business Especially Small and Medium Sized Business

Dr. Pragati Saxena

Abstract: During last several decades the advancement in Information technology has given a boost to business enterprises to generate tremendous amount of data and applications in many ways. To process such applications an enterprise requires more powerful computing infrastructure which sometimes increases the operational costs for the enterprise. The paper focuses on the challenges that SMEs face while adopting E-business and also on probable solutions in the form of cloud computing. Cloud computing is a subscription-based service which allows its user to obtain networked storage space and computer resources based on Pay as service. The phenomenon of cloud has changed the scenario of online business especially the small and medium sized firms which need not build a costly infrastructure, instead they can pool cloud resources at a lesser cost. Pooling resources simplifies business IT infrastructure and reduces their operational cost.

Keywords: E-Business, Brick and Mortar, Cloud Service Providers, SAAS, PAAS, IAAS