Which Cloud Model is Right for your Business?

Cloud has been a game changer in IT landscape. Majority of the organizations found moving to the cloud as a pragmatic approach to maximize productivity, balance workloads, resources depending upon the availability of the budget. Cloud computing provides scalability, flexibility, efficiency and on-demand access to servers, applications, storage and other resources. However, one challenge faced by businesses was in determining where they can host their technology assets and which cloud model from Public. Private, hybrid, community etc.) they should adopt for their business depends upon the closer examination of the cloud and their business needs.

Here is an overview of different cloud models:

1.Public Cloud - In a public cloud, collection of resources are owned, managed and operated by a service provider. In a public cloud many different companies together share their resources and these are provisioned for open use by the general public.

 2. Private Cloud - Private cloud is a more secure and superior option, in this pool of resources are used by a single company, all resources, are owned, managed and operated by the organization itself either on or off premises.

 3.Hybrid Cloud - Hybrid cloud offers a balanced approach, wherein a combination of two or more distinct cloud infrastructure (private, public or community) remains independent entities but are still bound by standardized technology enabling quick data and application portability.

 4.Community Cloud - In a community cloud, a pool of resources are provisioned by an organization for independent use wherein several organizations and their users own, manage and operate these resources from a specific group with common computing concerns. Community clouds are often used by businesses and organizations working on joint ventures, applications, research work etc. wherein they require a central cloud computing facility for successfully executing such projects.

Depending upon the company requirement, you can pick one of the cloud model mentioned above. However, once you establish your processes on the cloud infrastructure, it is critical that you manage it efficiently to optimize the business processes.