Synopsis of this blog
Benefits of Cloud computing
Cloud Types: public, private or hybrid
Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS & SaaS
Uses Of cloud Computing
Future OF Cloud Computing
Have you ever wondered what is Cloud Computing?
Well, then you are in the right page to learn everything about it.
Cloud computing is the technology of the future. It allows companies to consume a compute resource, such as a virtual machine (VMs), storage or an application, as a utility — just like electricity — rather than having to build and maintain computing infrastructures at home. Cloud computing has several attractive benefits for companies and end users.
Business Benefits:
- Flexibility
- Almost zero upfront infrastructure
- Usage-based costing
- Increased collaboration
- Work from anywhere
Technical Benefits:
- Automation – “Scriptable infrastructure”
- Auto-scaling
- Data backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- Improved Testability
Now Let us have a look @ the Types of cloud Computing
Public Cloud
Public cloud environment is maintained by an outsourced cloud provider. It is available to public or a large industry group through the internet on a pay-per-use model. This deployment model offers services and infrastructure to companies, who want to save money on IT operational costs, but it is the cloud provider who is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the resources. Public clouds are best for small and medium sized companies with a tight budget requiring a quick and easy platform in which to deploy IT resources.
Private Cloud
Unlike public cloud, the cloud infrastructure is operated solely for a single organization. It may be managed by the organization or a third party and may exist on-premises or off premises.
Community Cloud
This type of cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations and supports a specific community that has shared concerns (e.g., mission, security requirements, policy, or compliance considerations). It may be managed by the organizations or a third party and may exist on-premises or off-premises.
Hybrid Cloud
As the name suggests, Hybrid cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more clouds (private, community, or public) that remain as distinctive units but are bound together by regulated or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability.
Cloud Services
IaaS
The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources. Consumer can deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications.
The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, deployed applications, and possibly limited control of select networking components. Example: Azure virtual machines
PaaS
SaaS
Uses of Cloud Computing
Figure: IoT and Cloud Computing in Automation Application
Cloud Computing has become an inevitable part of our day-to-day life. Today we use cloud computing in various fields. Some of them are mentioned below:
We use on-demand streaming services for watching sports, television, movies, and even live events, among other things. They are all built entirely on the development of cloud computing technology.
Storage services that are meant to store data and make backup copies are based on the cloud model. This makes it possible to upload and download files, which enable users to access and control file systems remotely, as well as synchronize files in real-time across multiple devices.
What does the future hold for Cloud Computing?
With traditional IT companies increasingly building solutions on cloud due to increased flexibility, scalability and speed, there is a huge demand for professionals who can incorporate cloud solutions with existing, on-site systems. When a company migrates to cloud, software engineers need to upskill to learn cloud APIs and manage services like container platforms to build cloud-native applications. Cloud offers attractive career opportunities to analytics professionals like data architects, data scientists, security experts and migration experts.
