For your cloud strategy
These categories provide you with an overview of cloud services, cloud economics and cloud native development. You can use this information to understand the benefits of cloud for your business and make decisions accordingly.
Cloud services offer you the opportunity to operate your IT infrastructure, platforms and applications in the cloud. They allow you to scale resources as needed without having to worry about managing and maintaining the underlying hardware. Cloud Services include:
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):
You get access to virtual resources such as servers, storage and network to build and manage your own infrastructure in the cloud.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
You get a platform on which you can develop, deploy and manage applications without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
You use software applications provided via the cloud without having to worry about installing, maintaining or updating the software.
Cloud Economics looks at the financial aspects of cloud adoption, helping you optimize costs and maximize the value of your investments. Aspects of cloud economics include:
Cost optimization
By using cloud resources, you only pay for the resources actually used and can scale them as needed. This reduces capital and operating costs compared to deploying and managing your own infrastructure.
Usage Analysis
By monitoring and analyzing your cloud usage, you can optimize resource utilization, identify unnecessary spend, and develop efficient usage patterns.
Cost Forecasting and Budgeting
Accurate cost forecasting and budgeting allows you to plan and control your spending to ensure a return on your cloud investments.
Cloud native development is an approach to application development that aims to take full advantage of the cloud. It includes using modern technologies and best practices to develop scalable, flexible and highly available applications. Aspects of cloud native development include:
Microservices architecture
Using microservices, applications can be broken down into small, independent components that can be developed, deployed, and scaled separately.
Containerization
The use of containers allows applications and their dependencies to run in isolated environments. This improves the portability, scalability and efficiency of the applications.
Automation and orchestration
By automating development, deployment and operations processes and orchestrating containers, you can implement agile development methods and increase efficiency.