Straightforward Advice on Cloud Services
Cloud solutions allow you to run your business using resources on the internet. Thus avoiding the need to buy expensive onsite hardware. This also allows your staff to access many of those resources such as email from anywhere. In other words you are not tied to one physical location as long as you have an internet connection. However, these services are not just limited to cloud based email.
What are Cloud Services?
Software as a Service (SaaS)
SaaS is software that is deployed over the Internet rather than installed on a computer. This gives a number of benefits, such as lower costs, quicker implementation and better scalability. SaaS is probably the model that most of us are familiar with. Common examples are Office 365, MailChimp, Google Drive, DropBox, Slack, and Netflix.
Platform as a Service (Paas)
PaaS is a cloud computing model where a third-party provider will provide hardware and software tools, primarily those needed for application development. Microsoft Azure App Service, Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine are all examples of PaaS.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
IaaS gives businesses the option to have a vendor provide and manage hardware on their end. These services enable you to remove the frustrations of having to operate infrastructure of their own. Microsoft Azure server virtualisation is an excellent example of IaaS, allowing you to install, configure and scale up servers on Microsoft’s Infrastructure and then access those online.
