Nimsoft Kickstarts A Pay-As-You-Go Model For Cloud Services
26 Luglio 2010 - 3:29PM
Dow Jones News
Nimsoft Inc., a unit of CA Inc. (CA), wants customers to pay for
cloud computing the way they pay for electricity--based on how much
they use.
On Tuesday, Nimsoft plans to announce a new feature that makes
it easier for cloud-computing vendors to meter the amount of
services they sell. The feature, which will be added to the
company's Nimsoft On Demand and Nimsoft Monitoring Solution
software, will be turned on by the end of the month.
Nimsoft's products debut as more companies look to cloud
computing, which lets customers access data and applications via
the Internet, to lower their costs and provide security. But many
are looking for more flexibility than is currently available in
paying for the service, which is normally offered at a flat
rate.
"Over the next 12 to 24 months we will see more companies
deliver pay-as-you go solutions," Gary Read, who founded Nimsoft
and now runs CA's Nimsoft business unit, said in an interview.
Islandia, N.Y.-based CA acquired Nimsoft in March for $350 million,
adding to its growing portfolio of cloud-computing services.
Nimsoft's new feature comes as cloud computing, which differs
from the more-traditional approach of loading software applications
onto local computers, takes off. The global market for enterprise
cloud-based services will nearly triple to $35.6 billion in 2015,
up from $12.1 billion this year, according to a new report from
research firm Analysys Mason.
But billing for the cloud-computing services--be that access to
data centers or to applications--can be complex. Few companies
offer metered cloud computing, in part because it can be difficult
to track data from numerous sources. Nimsoft's product will help
change that, Read said.
"Metering is the wave of the future," said Dennis Callaghan, a
senior analyst at The 451 Group.
On Friday, CA shares closed up 1.5% at $19.38.
-By Jeanette Borzo, Dow Jones Newswires; 415 765 8230;
jeanette.borzo@dowjones.com
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