A public cloud is one based on the standard cloud computing model, in which a service provider makes resources, such as applications and storage, available to the general public over the Internet. Public cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.
The main benefits of using a public cloud service are:
- Easy and inexpensive set-up as hardware, application and bandwidth costs are covered by the provider
- Simple and quick scalability to meet demands
- No wasted resources because you only pay for what you use
Public cloud offerings like Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Terremark Enterprise Cloud, Iron Mountain Cloud Data Backup, Windows Azure Services Platform, Salesforce.com, and many others, continue to gain momentum. As a result, many IT organizations are feeling pressure to incorporate such services into their environments. Daymark Solutions can help you separate the reality from the hype, and objectively evaluate how, when and even if it makes sense for you to implement a cloud solution.
Based on our own experience and industry research, the applications and resources most likely to move to the cloud include email, email archiving & security, storage, disaster recovery, CRM, conferencing software, development and test labs and basic office applications.
Daymark has the brick and mortar industry experience required to assist you in determining which applications are best suited to remain under the control of traditional IT services. Couple that with Daymark’s track record of staying ahead of technology trends and you can always be confident that when it’s time to move to the cloud, Daymark will be there to help you navigate it successfully.