The Impact of Cloud Technology on the Automation of Businesses

Abstract

Studies reveal that 70% of our IT finance is used in maintaining the traditional IT System, while a mere 30% is utilized in enhancing its productivity, efficiency and innovation. This intensifies the need for a computer solution which provides technology designed for high performance, availability, greater reliability, rapid mass scalability, with a reduced cost, that facilitates higher growth and increased flexibility. With the immensely rapid rate at which the world is progressing, organizations find it exceedingly challenging to constantly maintain and advance the quality and efficiency of their businesses. Reliance on traditional IT models and man power results not only in a loss of quality but also an increase in the cost incurred. This project aims to increase the productivity of business, especially small scale businesses that can't afford expensive infrastructure, by automating jobs that can be carried out mechanically, but are currently being executed by humans due to the dearth of cheap technology that business can rely on. The objective of this project was to develop an inexpensive mobile application, which automatically monitors the attendance of the employees of an organization. To achieve this objective an openstack cloud server is deployed and an iBeacon is integrated with the server.