Cloud Computing is now a legitimate commodity on par with oil or corn. The company SpotCloud is now facilitating the sale of excess cloud capacity to companies short on server strength. The emergence of SpotCloud represents a huge step for the Cloud Computing market as it affirms the industry as a strong and permanent aspect of financial markets. This news is really significant for technology job seekers as companies like SpotCloud will likely be emerging and looking to hire.
Just as one of our articles a couple weeks back outlined the emergence of formidable copy cats for the immensely successful group deal site GroupOn.com, it wouldn’t be surprising if companies began to mimic SpotCloud’s model. This trend has become extremely consistent and reliable in terms of new online technologies. One site emerges with a new and enterprising idea and if the company sees success, dozens of similar sites emerge hoping to grab onto the trend.
Many doubted SpotOn’s ability to find companies and organizations willing to rent out their excess server space. It was often argued that security risks would deter companies from allowing access to their bandwidth. But SpotCloud has proved the skeptics wrong as they have found plenty of companies willing to allow access to their servers that would otherwise lie dormant. An example of a server provider? An entertainment company that offered up 4,000 servers while they were in between projects. Another company allowed access to old servers that would otherwise have been shut down. The service has been largely successful due to anonymity. Companies don’t want clients or investors to know that they aren’t running at full strength, that they are renting out their cloud capacities. But if this fact remains a secret, SpotCloud’s services become an easy opportunity for a little extra capital. The big question that has emerged with SpotCloud’s initial success, is whether there are enough companies in need of extra bandwidth and thus willing to pay for the start-up’s services. This question will only be answered with time but frankly its prospects look good. I can think of at least one blog I check daily that complains about crashing servers whenever they introduce a new feature. Further, when a site goes viral it often crashes soon after because of bandwidth issues, thus quashing their relevance. With SpotCloud these sites could get the servers they need right when they need them.
So to all you technology job hounds out there keep an eye out for surplus cloud distribution companies as they may need employees as their success grows. Or start your own spot market company for cloud computing and be one of SpotCloud’s first competitors.
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