Cloud computing is a system that provides storage, processing power, and other IT resources. These can include public, private or hybrid platforms. The management of these environments is an important challenge, with an emphasis on security, cost-efficiency and availability.
A solid cloud strategy can allow flexibility, agility and scale – while improving performance and innovation for your company. This kind of strategy can be difficult to manage and create because it requires different processes, technologies and abilities for every business. The right tools, technologies and knowledge are essential to effectively manage a variety of platforms, and also provide security control and automation without stifling velocity.
While on-premise software has served companies well for a long time, and may continue to do so but the advantages of cloud computing is clear. Instead of hosting applications and data on servers owned by companies the cloud servers are hosted by a third-party service, with the provider often providing state-of-the-art physical security controls. EDI software cloud environments that was previously installed on the premises of a company is now offered as a cloud-based service saving companies installation costs and permitting them to pay on a recurring schedule.
In terms of cloud environments, the most popular are infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platforms, which offer virtual machine instances that can be started, stopped, accessed and configured depending on user needs. They provide the most flexibility in the allocation of resources, allowing organizations to choose from small medium, large, and large instances, as well as compute-optimized and memory-optimized versions.