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Cloud Computing in Big Data projects to develop scalable solutions

Amid constantly growing data volumes and increasing project complexity, in order to be useful as management tools, Big-Data solutions must be implemented on scalable, efficient Cloud architectures based on an efficient, stable cost model.

Cloud technologies offer effective support, at manageable cost, for building scalable architectures and for providing corporate management with the tools needed to analyse the ever-burgeoning volume of information and take strategic decisions.

To that end, providers like Amazon and Google have made available extremely fast and effective analysis technologies to gather and handle Big Data.

To exploit all the benefits of Cloud Computing, it is important to find a trusted partner to oversee the entire effort by allying strong technical skills to an understanding of the business flows affected. Reply group companies form a network of certified elite partners of the most important market leaders in Cloud Computing. We can support clients in transferring activities to an external data centre or in migrating applications from a traditional architecture to the Cloud.

For all needs surrounding the adoption of Big-Data technologies, the Reply method can tackle the requirements-capture process to understand how best to use the Cloud Providers’ services.

REAL-TIME DATA GATHERING

Real-time data collection enables organisations to analyse their data more deeply and reliably than before. Services such as Amazon Web Services Kinesis introduce business scenarios like:

  • real-time log analysis
  • social-media trend analysis
  • financial analyses
  • gaming and media developments

DEVELOPING SCALABLE APPLICATIONS WITH NOSQL DATABASES

NoSQL services are especially effective at scaling in a way that is completely transparent to the application – unlike traditional databases. The combination of relational and non-relational databases makes it possible to build scalable applications without needing to plan for a costly reconversion process. This scenario becomes particularly appealing when developing back-end services for mobile applications, where adequate capacity planning for the application architecture is impossible.

PROGRESSING LOW-COST BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS

Big-Data service-providers like Amazon and Google have marketed services whose unstructured storage technologies help to improve I/O and enable requests to be channelled in parallel on horizontally scalable architectures. This approach offers:

  • Fast queries and high performance
  • Scalability
  • Reduced overheads and no up-front cost
  • Fault tolerance

Reply supports all clients as they use these services. Our solutions cover a wide range of scenarios, e.g. on mobile devices or through real-time analysis of financial transactions.

Storm Reply

Storm Reply is specialised in the design and implementation of innovative Cloud-based solutions and services. Through consolidated expertise in Cloud solutions for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service and Platform as a Service (PaaS), Storm Reply supports important companies in Europe and throughout the world in implementing Cloud-based systems and applications. Storm Reply is capable of supplying end-to-end support: from consultancy to the choice of the Cloud model which is best suited to the needs of the individual company, to the realisation and integration of custom application and platforms, maintenance and management services. Experience matured over a number of years in managing important complex international projects has helped Storm Reply become a point of reference for clients in Europe and throughout the world for implementing Cloud strategies and solutions. In particular, Storm Reply offers Cloud Strategy and Migration Cloud Applications Development and Cloud Service Management services. Storm Reply is an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, making it part of an elite group of AWS’ top 22 partners in the world. Storm Reply is also a Google Premier Partner.