Public Cloud vs Private Cloud vs Hybrid Cloud – Which Is Right For You?

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Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services, infrastructure and resources via the internet, with deployment options including public, private and hybrid cloud.

What is a Public Cloud

Public clouds are the most common when it comes to setting up cloud computing. The cloud resources, such as servers and storage, are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider, which is then delivered via the internet.

All hardware, supporting infrastructure and software is owned and managed by the cloud provider as, in a public cloud, all hardware, storage and network devices are shared with other organisations aka cloud tenants.

Public cloud services are frequently accessed via a web browser and most commonly provide web-based mail, online office applications, storage and testing and development environments.

Public cloud advantages include:

  • Lower costs – due to not being required to purchase hardware or software
  • No maintenance as the service provider is responsible for maintenance
  • Close to unlimited scalability
  • Increased reliability

What is a Private Cloud

A private cloud is comprised of computing resources used exclusively by a single business or organisation. Private Cloud is a secure and high performance solution available for businesses seeking the added resilience of having their infrastructure, servers and storage housed within a secure data centre environment. We discovered that many businesses prefer not to operate in a multi-tenant and public cloud environment because of internal policies, industry compliance legislation or just personal preference.

The infrastructure and services in a private cloud are always maintained on a private network where the hardware and software is specifically dedicated to a single organisation and a single organisation only. This allows organisations to tailor their resources to meet their exact requirements.

Private clouds are most commonly utilised by organisations with business-critical operations who seek a greater level of control over their environment.

Private cloud advantages include:

  • Greater security
  • Increased flexibility
  • High levels of customisation
  • Increased scalability
  • Greater efficiency

Learn more about eStorm’s Private Cloud solutions and what Infrastructure as as Service (IaaS) is.

What is a Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid clouds offer a combination of on-premise infrastructure with cloud based services in order to maximise the benefits of both solutions.

A complete cloud solution isn’t always the right solution for all businesses as there can be limiting factors, such as poor internet access that limit the benefits of moving all your IT infrastructure and applications to the cloud.

Hybrid cloud solutions are tailored to provide you with the best of both worlds. Experience the benefit of on premise IT resources whilst still maintaining some of the benefits of a full cloud solution such as anywhere access, full redundancy and disaster recovery

Hybrid cloud advantages include:

  • Flexibility
  • Control
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Easy transition

Overall Benefits

All 3 methods for deployment provide similar benefits, which include:

  • cost-effectiveness
  • performance
  • reliability
  • flexibility
  • scale

Learn more about eStorm’s Hybrid Cloud solutions and why a complete cloud solution isn’t right for all businesses.

Still not sure which is the right solution for you? Or perhaps you’re undertaking some cloud changes and could use some guidance to be certain you’re making the right decision – you can learn more with eStorm’s Cloud Consulting services. If you’d like any further information please contact us on (07) 3120 0640 or email us at any time [email protected]

 

 

 

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eStorm Hybrid Cloud
eStorm Private Cloud
Microsoft Cloud

What is AWS (Amazon Web Services) and How Can Your Business Benefit?

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What is Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is a secure cloud services platform that offers computing power, database storage, content delivery, deployment tools and other functionality solutions that can increase your businesses flexibility and reliability while maintaining agility, lowering your IT costs, and scaling your applications.

From data warehousing to deployment tools, directories to content delivery, over 50 services are available at the click of a mouse with AWS.

Deep features such as a wide range of database engines, server configurations, encryption and powerful big data tools enable you to stay focused on your core business, and not on gathering infrastructure.

How can your business benefit?

AWS is as complex as it is powerful and there are several different solutions that can be tailored for specific cloud environments.

When used correctly, AWS can deliver greater flexibility within your business, which is why we recommend utilising the expertise of IT professionals to help you choose the right instances and tools for your applications. For example, eStorm can design redundant and secure environments as well as manage your migration and optimise your deployments.

Learn more about eStorm’s AWS support.

Rightsized for Your Size

AWS solutions can be scaled to your business needs via tailored solutions for small, medium and large corporations. Our solutions are specifically aimed at providing maximum value and cost effectiveness for your AWS environment. 

Focus on Your Applications in AWS — Not Your AWS Infrastructure

Your applications are key to the running of your business, however monitoring performance and tracking costs at the application level within AWS often requires a resource-draining effort. From architecture to monitoring, we focus and drill down on individual applications and not merely AWS infrastructure.

One option we provide is a monthly report card that delivers you the relevant data required to keep costs in line with your business objectives.

Customised Control: The Right Way to do Managed AWS

Our approach to AWS allows for custom managed services delegation. This means that if you want to keep some AWS tasks in-house, we are able to facilitate that. Alternatively, you are can unburden yourself and put it on our plate, from infrastructure management to the convenience of having us as a single billing contact for all your AWS services. Our mission is to lighten your load and give you back the time needed to innovate and grow your business with the assurance that you’re always in control.

Hybrid — The Future is Flexible

Our comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure solutions gives you the agility to optimise architecture as your workloads, security concerns and compliance requirements evolve. Moving to a hybrid solution can simultaneously optimise AWS deployment performance and contain costs.

If you’d like to find out exactly how we can help your business, or if you require any further information, assistance with your IT needs or you simply don’t know where to start – please feel free to call us on (07) 3120 0640 or email us at [email protected]

Cloud Managed Services: What are the benefits of moving your IT infrastructure to a managed cloud

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More and more organisations are moving to the cloud!

The Commonwealth Bank just announced that they are moving their human resources and payroll to the cloud.

The company announced two years ago that it would replace its existing on-premises Oracle PeopleSoft platform with a cloud-based human resources solution.

Last week it sent its Australian operations live on the cloud-based platform, which also integrates with its local solutions.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s general manager of group people services, Andrew Culleton, said the new cloud-based system will be easier to use and more adaptable to the ever-changing needs of managers and employees.

“We are transforming how our core systems work; improving and then leveraging the data integration between our other HR solutions, to make HR services simple, easy and flexible for our people,” he said in a statement to iTnews.

“This means our people get the outcome they need faster so they have more time to meet the needs of our customers.”

This is the great thing about integrating managed cloud services into your organisations current solutions. Seamless migration of traditional enterprise applications to the cloud not only reduces operational costs, but increases efficiency through the real-time monitoring of your environment, and frees you up to focus on what your organisation does best.

What are the benefits of using cloud managed service providers?

  • Cost Savings

Outsourcing your cloud managed services allows you to significantly reduce your TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), as well as your ongoing costs i.e. hardware, rent, power, maintenance and staff. Staffing a full-time IT department alone is costly and often unnecessary for most businesses. Outsourcing to a managed IT service provider like eStorm can save you thousands of dollars each and every year.

  • Future Proof & Growth Proof

One of the greatest advantages of managed cloud services is the flexibility they provide. Cloud infrastructure is designed to scale with your business, as well as only requiring you to pay for what you really need.

Cloud based infrastructure and services also allows for increased efficiency as it allows you to work from anywhere at anytime.

Additionally, by employing managed cloud services, you no longer need to outlay time and costs for your IT staff to undergo training for new technology or upgrades. Our IT professionals are always at the forefront of the industry and prepared to implement the latest technology.

  • Customisation

Our resilient cloud solution that delivers 99.99% up-time allows you to customise machine specifications to your needs.

We also tailor fully managed server and applications for ‘always up-to-date’ technology.

  • Increased Security

Our private cloud solution provides you with dedicated virtual machines for your own private use. A virtual private network (VPN) and dedicated firewall are included to provide a secure network between your office(s) and your cloud hosted servers.

 

At eStorm, we consider your current IT costs, cloud benefits for efficiency and explore your current industry trends, which allows us to expose potential competitive advantages. Learn more about eStorm’s managed cloud services and solutions.

If you’d like any further information, assistance with your IT needs or you simply don’t know where to start – please feel free to call us on (07) 3120 0640 or email us at [email protected]