Cloud computing is the latest technology trend, given its many benefits. It was announced more than 10 years ago and looks like she’s here to stay.

The benefits of cloud computing are: cost reduction, flexibility, availability, and security

What is cloud computing?

They are a set of technology services, offered over the Internet,that are charged only for what is consumed and that are designed to give business agility and flexibility.

What services does the cloud provide?

Computing: the capacity that supports applications on the Internet. The user can choose the amount of processing cores and memory required. Whereas, the cloud provider makes sure they’re available for when the user requires it.

Storage– The cloud offers virtually unlimited storage capacity. In addition, you have the ability to replicate information to multiple geographic locations. This adds a fault tolerance layer that seeks to ensure the availability of information at all times.

Networking– Each cloud provider offers a set of services that seeks to virtualize the network layer of physical infrastructure solutions. Thus, new tools are defined to control communication between different cloud services. While managing resource security and improving response times for customers around the world.

And what are the types of cloud computing?

There is a classification of cloud types within which the services we have already mentioned can be deployed:

Public cloud

When a provider consolidates a set of physical resources into one or more geographic locations and exposes them for consumption as services over the Internet. This is known as the public cloud, because its access is open to all, even though the resources allocated to each user are private.

Private cloud

When a particular user decides to provision compute, storage, and networking capabilities locally. This can consume resources individually, which is known as a private cloud. In particular, traditional physical facilities, also known as on-premises,fall into this category.

Hybrid cloud

When solutions are integrated between multiple public cloud providers, connected to one or multiple private clouds, this is known as a hybrid cloud solution.

Products Offered in the cloud

Cloud computing services describe a variety of service models:

• based on how you want to use the service (software as a [SaaS] service,
• platform as a service [PaaS] or
• infrastructure as a [IaaS] service) run strictly in the cloud.

One of the advantages of using the cloud-only model is that you don’t have to worry about the infrastructure on which the services run. Back-end functionality is invisible to users and the IT department.

The cloud computing-only model is perfect for small businesses, such as startups, that don’t have internal IT resources or capital to buy and maintain their own infrastructure. Hiring a managed infrastructure service can be a good choice. You don’t have to buy or manage the infrastructure, as the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) takes care of it.

Note, however, that the cloud-only model can limit the level of adaptation of your services. Because users and IT staff can’t customize the SaaS and PaaS-based services running in the cloud. If you need to be able to customize your services and infrastructure, you may need a hybrid model.

The hybrid cloud model

The cloud-only model prevents you from having to build and maintain your own infrastructure. But what if your company has invested heavily in local hardware, line-of-business systems, custom applications, etc.? Need to abandon all resources and customizations to enjoy the benefits of cloud computing? This is where the hybrid model arises.

Hybrid deployment is a combination of cloud services with on-premises services to meet IT needs. A hybrid cloud migration allows you to maintain critical resources on-premises while also working with cloud services. Connect on-premises resources to the cloud, effectively turning new cloud services into an extension of your on-premises infrastructure. The hybrid cloud model allows you to extend features or features that are not available on your existing on-premises systems (such as mobility and productivity) to your infrastructure. So how to choose which model is best for you?

Which cloud computing model should your organization choose?

When organizations consider using cloud solutions, they typically focus on three areas:

• Cost Security,
• Reliability and reliability
• Compliance Functionality

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These three categories do not necessarily have the same level of importance. Some small organizations may give more value to the cost of features, while larger and more complex organizations may have security and compliance as their top priority.

Consider the following when choosing the most appropriate model for your organization:

Recent investment in hardware.

A year ago, a mid-sized organization invested in the new hardware for its on-premises data center. Therefore, your organization may not be interested in making a major change to the cloud for at least one or two years. Organizations in a similar situation will likely opt for a limited hybrid cloud model that focuses on providing capabilities that don’t exist in their on-premises datacenter.

Outdated hardware and systems.

In contrast to the previous example, an organization that considers renewing an on-premises datacenter versus cloud-based solutions can have a very different perspective. If your datacenter has old hardware and unsupported software versions, you’re more likely to consider moving to the cloud. And, if your cloud offering meets security and compliance requirements, the relative cost and cost model type (operational expenses [costos diarios] vs. capital [coste único] expenditures), these may be the deciding factors.

Limited internal IT resources

IT’s size and capacity are important when considering switching to a cloud-based solution. An organization with limited IT resources often switches more quickly to cloud services because it doesn’t need to be serviced by IT hardware and software. Some organizations with larger IT groups might also consider the cloud as a way to free up their IT resources to focus on more strategic functions, adding value to the organization.

Available capital.

Cloud-based SaaS solutions are designed to help you avoid large capital investments in IT, rather than paying to access software for a certain time with a subscription model. If your organization has limited capital for IT or has other priorities for capital investment, the cloud-only model might be the best option.