Launch a company

We live in a truly wonderful era.. one where start ups can be launched for mere pennies thanks to the internet and the wide range of cheap infrastructure available to entrepreneurs..

On one end of the spectrum, one can get cheap hosting for web site content etc,,on the other..one can get full range of cloud services including app server, database and storage for dirt cheap..Some of the options available to entrepreneurs who have a technical solution to a business problem, but minimal funds to host the solution are:

a) Amazon EC2

b) Force.com from Sales force

c) Bungee

d) Azure

e) Google App Engine

f) IBM Blue Cloud

The huge benefit to entrepreneurs stems from the fact that one doesnt have to pour in several hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase the hardware required. You can automatically scale the cloud services based on how your business is going..If for some reason, you need to abandon your business, you dont have to sweat it out wondering how you will dispose off all the expensive hardware lying in your basement..Also, this model offers you the reassurance that you can offer 24 X 7 uptime without being tied down yourself.