Cloud Mobility

Using cloud computing services for mobile devices gives the advantage of easily managing different resource and mobility, for accessing those resources anytime and anywhere, despite of the location of user. Mobile virtualization provides the user-centric, centralized utilization of resources and different IT strategies, which further helps in increasing workforce productivity and to reduce the cost of resource management. It frees us from the hassle of managing individual devices so that the workforce can easily access and use the enterprise application even outside the boundary of organization.

Software resources could easily be deployed on numerous numbers of mobile platforms, at any location without compromising the security and policies of the organization.

Cloud for mobile has been so popular in recent years that even the small and medium size industries are deploying the concept in managing their mobile device population. Mobile cloud holds various advantages, mentioned as:

• Cost cutting: Mobile cloud computing provides the sharing of resource, which saves a considerable amount of cost for a company. Few units of resource would work for total workforce of an organization rather than purchasing single unit for each employee.
• Set-up time: As solutions are available on cloud, configuration time is virtually zero for the initial set-up. The service provider is involved in configuring the services with the device.
• User-friendliness: As all complex processes are executed inside cloud, the user doesn’t have to face the complex problems of configuring the hardware device or even upgrading the hardware for each application introduced.
• Governance control: The access to different locations on cloud of different personnel could be easily controlled and governed by a single authority. This limits the authority of control according to the role of person in workforce.
• Better communication: Mobile cloud provides better communication facilities with the information system of the organization from any place on the globe. This helps in improving the productivity of team members or a workforce, working on accomplishing some tasks and is located remotely.

A mobile cloud is basically an architecture of different layers communicating with each other at different levels. It connects to its local server or data center using the public cloud or internet.

Initially, a mobile app connects with internet using a Wi-Fi connection or service provider connection. It then reaches the firewall of the organization and authenticates itself to enter inside the network of the organization. Once entered inside internal network of company, user is then allowed to use different resources like accessing the official e-mail box, extracting the information from a custom software development company’s database etc.