How did you carry on during the Locked-Down and now the New Normal workplace after the Pandemics?
It has been fourteen years since Google and Amazon began offering “cloud computing” in 2006.
The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet. Cloud Computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources of data storage and computing power hosted and managed by Cloud hosts. Cloud hosts built their own massive data centers in strategic geographical locations and make this infrastructure available (shared) by many users/businesses over the Internet.
2020 COVID 19 Pandemic tested the businesses’ endurance by suddenly mandated the businesses move their workforce from office locations to a stay-at-home work environment.
Overnight, businesses had to conduct businesses over the Internet.
We observed companies that moved to Cloud Computing prior to pandemics reaped the full spectrum of cloud computing benefits compared to those who had to change during the pandemic.
Following are a few advantages of Cloud Computing:
No impact Transition – There is less to no efforts to convert the workforce to a stay-at-home work model.Reliable – When business servers and applications are hosted in the cloud, business’ computing infrastructure are more reliable in Cloud Providers’ Infrastructure and under the care of its Infrastructure Support team.
Lessen Outage – Business continues to enjoy greater availability of business functions and redirects the workload of its IT staff.
Improved Business Support – Positioned the servers and applications in the cloud is outsourcing the infrastructure management and support to Cloud Host’s experts. Local IT team can devote their energy to the business functions and end-user supports that are even more critical now.
Added Internet Security – There are additional security experts from cloud hosts who are watching over the added Internet-facing connections.
Elastic IT infrastructure reduces costs and investments – When hosted in the cloud, it can scale infrastructure up and down according to demand. Companies can downsize or grow quickly without an upfront investment.
Following are potential risks of Cloud Computing:
Business Risks – When running a business’ entire infrastructure in the cloud, the external business infrastructures are in the hands of the vendor and subject to the vendor’s support and frequently their decisions.
IT Security – You will need to include Cloud Computing in your IT security policy and compliance considerations.
Benefits and drawbacks need to be analyzed carefully in a cloud computing strategy. ITensure is your partner to help you to determine if cloud computing is right for your business.
