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REASONS FOR EVOLUTION

Increasing dependence of business processes and functions on IT. Service providers have responded to this but with ever evolving offering portfolios and service models. Virtualization and Datacenter Automation have spurred the development of new and more flexible ways of managing and consuming IT resources
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DEFINING CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing is an emerging deployment & procurement model that facilitates real-time delivery and consumption of cloud based IT infrastructure, networking, and application services over the Internet and/or private IP networks. Cloud computing architectures leverage virtualization, service automation and orchestration,& multitenancy

to create unified, scalable pools of hardware, software, and network resources to enable dynamic, on-demand delivery of IT and application functionality
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DOMAINS OF CLOUD COMPUTING

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INFRASTRUCTURE as a service (iAAS)

Foundational component of the cloud computing service model. SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

IAAS

HYPERVISORS

AUTOMATION & ORCHESTRATION TECHNOLOGY

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FEATURES OF IAAS
It is an evolution of market-tested managed hosting and datacenter collocation solutions that package access to facilities, hardware/ software, networking technology, andsupport as remotely delivered, off-premises services. All forms of IaaS are multitenant (i.e. shared infrastructure) solutions. IaaS solutions (both public and private) can be either "bare-metal" application containers or integrated virtual private datacenter resources.

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IAAS: MULTIDIMENSIONAL BENEFITS

FIANANCIAL BENEFITS
No need for additional capital expenditure.

More tightly aligns utilization with operational cost.

INCREASED BUSINESS AGILITY

IaaS also helps to simplify IT operations by enabling consistent IT implementation across all corporate locations.
IaaS' ability to speed up time to market (and time to revenue)

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TECHNOLOGY FRONT:
Rapid deployment capabilities and elasticity/scalability. IaaS adoption frees IT staff to concentrate on strategic business-enabling projects. Elimination of lengthy IT procurement and implementation cycles, as well as on-demand access to IT resources. IaaS solutions allow IT users to configure resources precisely tailored to specific computing tasks,

IT departments, no longer constrained by limited (or lacking) infrastructure resources

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Serves broader enterprise IT objectives related to datacenter consolidation and centralization of IT systems.

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CASES SHOWING IAAS BENEFITS

Short-term or seasonal computing requirements.

Unexpected, unpredictable peak loads.

Rapidly expanding storage requirements. New application road testing. Datacenter capacity constraints. Business continuity/disaster recovery.

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New service delivery models take time to gain acceptance, and there are often technological and organizational inhibitors to adoption. Some of these concerns can be addressed through careful assessment of providers' IaaS service functionality.

IS IAAS RIGHT FOR YOU ??

All types of companies enterprises, SMBs, and "cloudnative" start-ups can leverage IaaS for some aspect of their IT infrastructures.
However, the cloud sourcing model may not be appropriate for every application or business process.

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When exploring IaaS options, businesses need to consider the type of service provider they want to work with,&, the type of service being offered. PURE CLOUD SERVICE BUSINESS CLASS CLOUD SERVICE

Service provider due diligence should involve evaluation of providers platform testing, upgrade, maintenance, and troubleshooting processes, as well as government and industry compliance certifications.

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CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS

IaaS provides enterprises with simplified, performanceoriented IT infrastructure solutions with enhanced scalability and self-service/on-demand features. Cloud computing is about evolution. IaaS solutions represent an aggregation of technological innovations implemented as an economically efficient, scale-oriented service delivery model. Service providers can help businesses with concerns about shared-tenant, offsite resources reap the benefits of "cloud sourcing" in ways that position IaaS as more than just servers and storage "out there" in the cloud.

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IaaS is the next evolution of managed hosting, providing dynamic sourcing elements that accommodate variable demand at variable cost.

Businesses need to take a life-cycle approach to their IT-related "build versus buy" decisions for IaaS and traditional services.

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