Introduction
The Microsoft SharePoint is an application which allows enterprises to backup their documents via a private cloud. This application by the Microsoft Company comes with a system for functionality or information delivery via a site. Through its ‘Cloud app model’, this application enables a user to create personalized apps which the Microsoft Company controls and hosts via a “public SharePoint Store” (Balasubramanian 2013, par. 5). Unlike other apps, the SharePoint application is very flexible, provides customized solutions to each business needs, and easy to use. The application is compatible with programming languages such as NET, JavaScript, Client Object Model, and HTML among others. The application also supports provider, remote, and on-premise hosted apps (Balasubramanian 2013).
Advantages of the SharePoint
The SharePoint application has series of options for hosting besides multiple platforms for creating related applications. The SharePoint allocation has the capability of efficiently replacing the sandbox and farm solutions thus, guaranteeing satisfaction to the administrators, users, and third-party application experts. In terms of the users’ recompense, the SharePoint application enables the users to different functionalities into the main application. Beside, this application comes with many compatible support applications, which enable the users to enjoy the upgrade function. The users are in a position to acquire different applications through the App Store and App Catalog. This application is very easy to install and operate (Balasubramanian 2013).
In terms of the administrators’ recompense, the SharePoint application’s reliability has significantly reduced the intensity of server downtown and outages. In addition, the administrators are in a position to monitor and control the apps. In terms of the third parties’ recompense, the SharePoint application uses the universal web standards such as CSS, JavaScript, and HTML among others. Besides, “the technical aspects of the app model also make life easier for many developers, allowing them to write apps in various languages” (Balasubramanian 2013, par. 7).
Disadvantages of the SharePoint
The infrastructure for the SharePoint application is clunky and often unrealistic to use, especially for small businesses. Besides, the application is rudimentary since its hosting option is restricting. The application has to rely on REST API and JavaScript in order to interrelate with allied SharePoint framework. In addition, the SharePoint application has series of cross-server communications which might negatively impact on its performance, especially when in use in large organizations (Balasubramanian 2013).
Other private clouds
Rackspace
This company is the global hybrid cloud leader which functions on the Rackspace application. This application assists customers in creation, deploying, and hosting of different business applications (Panettieri 2013).
OpenStack
The OpenStack application has the ability to deliver high magnitude cloud operating system. The application can compute, network, and store different all-encompassing cloud deployments (Panettieri 2013).
Opennebula
The Opennebula application has the ability to create, operate, and deploy small-scale clouds through its internal nebula environment (Panettieri 2013).
Eucalyptus
The Eucalyptus Cloud software is used in crafting private clouds. The clouds are attuned with AWS APIs. It can compute, network, and store deployments within a private cloud (Panettieri 2013).
CloudStack
The Apache CloudStack software is created to manage and deploy large networks as a machine through the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It is compatible with KVM, Hyper-V, XenServer, and Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) (Panettieri 2013).
Comparative analysis: Rackspace versus OpenStack
Unlike Rackspace application, the OpenStack application has the capability of hosting a large-scale deployment. However, the two applications can compute, network, and store different all-encompassing cloud deployments (Panettieri 2013). Besides, the applications are compatible with universal web standards such as CSS, JavaScript, and HTML among others. In addition, the apps within the Rackspace and OpenStack are operated within a common hosting environment.
References
Balasubramanian, K. (2013). Advantages and disadvantages of SharePoint Apps. Web.
Panettieri, J. (2013). OpenStack vs CloudStack: The Latest Score. Web.