IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service in Azure

Anyone running a company wants constant cash flow and as few cyber attacks as possible. Is that even feasible? This is possible with Infrastructure as a Service (laaS) from Microsoft.

WHAT IS “IAAS”?

In addition to the “Software as a Service (SaaS)” and “Platform as a Service (PaaS)” service models, (laaS) is also provided and managed by Microsoft via the Internet. Infrastructure as a Service or laaS provides the components of a data center infrastructure that include hardware, computing power, storage space and network resources from the cloud.

WHO IS “IAAS” IDEALLY SUITABLE FOR?

Infrastructure as a Service (laaS) is particularly suitable for companies with strongly fluctuating requirements for network, server and storage capacities.

Fast growing companies or start-ups often use laaS so that they can keep up with the rapidly increasing demand for hardware resources. Web hosting is also cheaper with laaS than with traditional hosting.

For companies that want to avoid the expense of storage management and backup by qualified employees. Infrastructure as a Service is ideally suited for unforeseen hurdles and constantly increasing storage requirements.

In online shops, when higher capacities are required in times of high sales, there is the possibility of renting them without any problems. This eliminates the need to wait for additional hardware to be installed.

Advantageous for enormous amounts of data that contain important trends, patterns or associations. In order to be able to determine hidden data stocks, high processing power is required.

Supercomputers, also High Performance Computing (HPC), can use computer clusters or grid computering configurations to solve complex tasks involving millions of variables or calculations.

WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS) OFFER?

"IaaS" with Microsoft Azure enables you to save costs, increase operational efficiency and run a modern, flexible and profitable company. Which advantages could be more convincing?

IT cost reduction through zero investment costs, because the costs of purchasing your own server and managing a data center infrastructure and components are completely eliminated.
Expand capacities quickly and easily in order to cover the IT needs of the entire company or individual departments, and it is possible to react quickly to changing business conditions.
You increase employee productivity by purchasing "laaS", so your team can concentrate on the core business and does not have to deal with the IT infrastructure.
Improvement of business continuity, because with "laaS" you can reduce your costs with the right service level (SLA) and still access data and applications as always during a business failure.

New apps can be made available to users more quickly because the infrastructure with “laaS” already exists.
You can get stability and reliability with a corresponding agreement with Microsoft Cloud Azure, "laaS". You don't have to worry about updating software, hardware or administration.
More security with an additional service contract, because your workloads and networks are protected by integrated security functions and industry-leading security.
Innovations are possible faster, because with your decision for a new product, the desired infrastructure can be available within minutes or hours.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SMOOTH Operation AT “IAAS”?

When using Infrastructure as a Service, responsibilities are precisely defined between the cloud, provider and user.

The service provider generally takes care of everything relating to the provision of the hardware. Also the power supply, capacity management, backup, cooling, repairs in the event of hardware defects, patching and updating of the firmware.

The customer is responsible for the operating systems and applications, but also for data storage, user and rights management, security such as firewall, any encryption and data protection requirements.

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