An article by John Foley on InformationWeek lists out Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Computing.
http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/blog/archives/2009/07/microsoft_beats.html
The base cost is 12 cents per hour for a single bare bones server instance.
Here’s a simple breakdown:
Windows Azure
Computing: $0.12 per hour
Storage: $0.15 per gigabyte stored
Storage transaction: $0.10 per 10K
Bandwidth: $0.10 in/$0.15 out per gigabyte
For a small business that doesn’t do much, this can be a cost saver. But as the usage goes up, the costs can outweight the advantages. I have about 650 GB of data on my personal PC with pictures, videos and what not. That would cost $97.00 and change at the $0.15 per gigabyte.
So given a barebones pricing model, how might that fit in for business given data is secure? Is this a viable Cloud Computing pricing model or is this simply a big monthly cost to a business that will rival employee costs?
