Cloud Computing
Cloud computing services look compelling compared to on premise, owned computing facilities. Naturally, you have to weigh the fine print carefully, since expenses can rapidly rack up with the micro services you engaged to replace the in house server.
Otherwise, cloud computing provides a flexible and cost effective solution to hardware provisioning and scalability. The IaaS provider meters usage and charges accordingly:
- Tenants only pay for what they use.
- They do not need to pay upfront hardware cost, which can be prohibitive
- They are not locked down to assets that immediately depreciate upon purchase, and technology that will eventually become obsolete
Even so, it's the config and setup and virtual connections that need constant maintenance.
The tech-savvy owner of a new business may consider maintaining systems he deployed in his private cloud, but this will eat into time running the business.
Documentation is very important. People forget the purpose of a service, how it is used in an organization, who has access to it, and what the parameter values that work for the business model are, whether you can remove a service, redeploy it and reconfigure it. Defunct access also presents as a security problem. Data lakes degenerate into data swamps. This is why it is important to have documentation. An executable documentation is even better.
Avoid the nightmare by letting a team of professionals manage your private cloud, like Bumble Bee Laboratories. You can always start building your cloud. But when the cloud gets dark and heavy, pass it on to us - to integrate your cloud services, monitor usage, maintain availability and even code customized solutions to facilitate your business processes. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud... we can help wherever your Castle on a cloud is.
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