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Understand the Cloud computing, to benefit from its advantages
The phenomenon has only accelerated since the Covid-19 pandemic: cloud computing is everywhere!
Successive lockdowns have forced companies to offer remote working solutions to their teams, thus promoting the deployment and use of cloud computing services.
Startups in the sector (think Zoom!) have also seen their turnover grow between 2020 and today. 🏆
One real cultural change has taken place in the professional environment: remote work has become democratized, and cloud computing has now become part of our habits. But do you know exactly what it is, and its benefits? That's the focus of this article 😊
Cloud computing: computer services via the Internet
First, let's decipher cloud computing and the type of services associated with it.
Definition of cloud computing
Cloud computing, or literally cloud computing, is about provide IT services (software, databases, hosting, analysis tools, etc.) via InternetT.
Why do we use the term clouds? ☁️☁️☁️
Because, for the customer, regardless of where the servers hosting their IT department are located, they no longer have to worry about them.
As a result, customers no longer have to maintain expensive IT infrastructure., and can simply hire the services they need, in a very flexible way.
Cloud computing providers, for their part, benefit from significant economies of scale, allowing them to offer very competitive prices to their customers.
The different types of cloud computing services
On a daily basis, we use services running on the cloud, often if we know it.
Gmail email, for example, or Google Drive to store our documents and photos, it's the cloud 😀
Netflix, to watch our favorite series, also works thanks to the cloud!
In the professional context, many applications are hosted in the cloud, as well as the hosting of the data we use.
Here is a categorization of the cloud, according to three main axes of the services offered:
- THEIaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). These are all the basic building blocks of IT, which are now accessible remotely: physical or virtual servers, data hosting, etc.
- The PaaS (Platform as a Service). These services are located between infrastructure and software, and allow, for example, remote access to an operating system.
- The SaaS (Software as a Service). Saas is everywhere. It's the galaxy of applications and software that work remotely. Some examples: Office 365, SalesForce, Google Apps...
Strong growth in the use of cloud computing
Many companies now offer their IT applications in a cloud version only.
Fewer and fewer organizations manage their own servers themselves, given the associated cost and risks.
La Status 2022:57.7% of the expenses made by companies in their management software work thanks to the cloud.
The pros and cons of cloud computing
As you can see, the cloud has many advantages, but it also has a potential disadvantage.
The benefits of cloud computing
No need to spend a lot of money on your IT infrastructure.
There is no longer any need to recruit experienced IT specialists to maintain this infrastructure, which is good news at a time when the IT job market is very tight.
It also means that these saved resources (time and money), you can invest them in the development of your business, the creation of new offers, the satisfaction of your customers...
The cloud also makes it possible to test new services, which you don't yet know if they will be successful. Thanks to the cloud, your infrastructure can easily adapt to the increase in traffic and users on your application! 😃
Finally, the cloud is very useful for businesses whose activity is seasonal: it allows you to pay for the necessary IT resources only during periods of high activity.
Attention to security and migration costs!
For the sensitive data, such as private, medical or even political data, we may have concerns about hosting them in the cloud. Find out in our article How to implement a good security solution for your organization.
In addition, migrating your current infrastructure to the cloud is often a long and expensive process.
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