Cloud computing globally.
By 2022, more than 60% of corporate data will be stored in the cloud, according to Statista. The share has been continuously increasing in recent years, if we consider that in 2015 the percentage was only 30%. Today, companies are increasingly moving their resources to the cloud to improve security, reliability and business agility.
Managed cloud computing services: a brief introduction
Managed cloud computing services allow your business to access different solutions for more efficient data management: IaaS (infrastructure as a service), data center, BaaS (backup as a service), FWaaS (firewall as a service), private cloud and more.
Most companies don’t have the expertise or time to design and configure their own cloud. This is where managed cloud services come in, helping you to optimise your business processes and costs when it comes to your company’s IT infrastructure and data. To understand the role of a managed cloud computing service provider more easily, read on.
What are managed cloud computing services? Pizza as a service.
Cloud computing services can be difficult to explain, but Albert Barron, back when he worked at IBM, came up with a brilliant analogy: cloud computing services are similar to the way you decide you want a pizza (homemade, restaurant or delivery).
Pre-cloud networks (called on premise) are similar to cooking your own pizza – lots of work, but with maximum control over the ingredients and process. The most popular cloud computing services are IaaS (infrastructure as a service), PaaS (platform as a service) and SaaS (software as a service) and, even if they don’t look like it, there are different ways you can choose to eat your pizza tonight.
IaaS means making your own pizza at home, but not from scratch. You buy the ingredients and a ready-made dough. On a business level, choosing to make your pizza this way means you have control, flexibility over ingredients and, depending on how savvy you are, you can have a bigger or smaller pizza.
PaaS means placing an order for pizza to come to your house. You don’t have to think about many of the costs (ingredients, oven, gas, electricity, etc), you just have to have the meal and the house, as they say.
SaaS means going out to eat. For standard services, SaaS works perfectly. The pizza options on the menu are many, so you’re sure to find something to your liking. It’s not too customizable, but it’s not bad. It’s a lot less work, but the service won’t be 100% tailored to your wishes.
Cloud computing explained as pizza-as-a-service. Linkedin Source.
In this context, managed cloud computing services take one worry off your plate: process organization. The management/organization responsibilities of the process, taking up the analogy, may include: shopping, deciding on ingredients, the trip to the restaurant, etc. In real life, these responsibilities translate into migration, configuration, optimization, security and maintenance services. These services are designed to enable organisations to maximise the benefits of cloud services while minimising internal time and costs.
How managed IT services help your business
Passing the baker and oven analogy into real life, it is the case that many small SME businesses have quiet and busy periods that I can predict most of the time. Optimize costs and choose a cloud IaaS infrastructure that offers flexibility, security and business continuity regardless of the context.
Is Black Friday coming? It’s very possible that your online shop will need a little support to cope with a large number of concurrent visitors. Consider the fact that 41% of EU businesses will be using cloud computing in 2021, with the share increasing particularly in the retail area.
Does your local infrastructure need an upgrade soon? You can choose to run your applications on an IaaS infrastructure, with different operating systems and platforms available. This way, you won’t have to invest in expensive hardware and licenses.
Looking for a customizable solution to your business needs? Eliminate major and unforeseen investments, access the resources you need, when you need them and how much you need them with a flexible IaaS solution. With IaaS you benefit from dynamic resource allocation and can scale up or down when demand is high or low.
Do you want to guarantee your business continuity regardless of the context, enjoying increased security and scalability?
Managed cloud services offer customers partial or full management of cloud resources or infrastructure by an external service provider. Management responsibilities can include migration, configuration, optimization and data security, as well as many customizable solutions based on specific business needs. This managed cloud computing service will allow you to maximise the benefits of cloud solutions while minimising your costs.
You can count on the expertise of our specialists to decide:
- Type of cloud suitable for your business (public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud)
- Your business needs in terms of configuration, design and data storage in the cloud
- The support your business needs to ensure its continuity no matter what situation it is going through
You need services managed by cloud computing?
For over 14 years, HyperCubic has been a strategic partner to over 100 businesses of all sizes. We offer a full range of managed IT services in the cloud: IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), BaaS and BCDR (Backup as a Service and Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery), cyber security (Firewall as a Service) and ITSM (IT Services Management level 1, 2, 3 and 4).
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