The cloud services market is constantly evolving, offering enterprises new tools to reduce costs and increase business agility.
And in addition to the already familiar services for renting virtual capacities and software, various companies around the world use dozens of cloud services that help them stay one step ahead of their competitors.
The Different Types of Cloud Computing and How They Differ
In this article we will talk about the types of cloud services and figure out what is scalability in cloud computing.
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
This service is one of the most widespread in the world. It consists in providing the customer with computing resources for rent, in the form of a virtual infrastructure.
It can include servers, storage systems, virtual switches, and routers. This IT infrastructure is a complete replica of the physical environment.
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
This service is also one of the main ones. It consists in the fact that the customer receives a full-fledged virtual platform, which includes various tools and services.
The client can customize such a platform to suit his needs, making it a platform for software testing or, for example, a system for automating a control system. This type of service is especially popular with software developers.
SaaS (Software as a Service)
This cloud service is currently considered the most widespread in the world, since almost all people with Internet access use it.
This service consists in the fact that the client gets at his disposal any software products via the Internet. An example is the Gmail mail service, or, for example, the cloud version of 1C.
CaaS (Communications as a Service)
This service is to provide customers with various communication tools in the cloud. It can be telephony, services for the transfer of instant messages or the organization of video communication. In this case, all the necessary software is located in the provider’s cloud.
CaaS (Container as a Service)
This service allows customers to work with containers using the cloud provider API or a special web panel.
DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service)
This service allows you to build disaster-resilient solutions using the provider’s cloud. The cloud provider’s site is then a “fallback airfield” to which data from the customer’s main site is continually replicated.
If the client’s services fail, they are restarted within a few minutes, but already in the cloud. Such solutions are especially interesting for companies with a large number of business-critical applications.
BaaS (Backend as a Service)
This cloud service is to provide the customer with a complete software development environment in the provider’s cloud. This model includes ready-made infrastructure functions and solutions, greatly simplifying the work of software developers.
DBaaS (Data Base as a Service)
This cloud service is to provide the ability to connect to databases deployed in the cloud. The client pays for the rent, depending on the number of users and the size of the base itself. It is worth noting that such a database will never crash due to lack of free disk space.
MaaS (Monitoring as a Service)
This type of cloud service helps to organize monitoring of the IT infrastructure using tools located in the provider’s cloud.
This is especially important for companies with geographically dispersed infrastructure. This service allows you to organize centralized monitoring of all systems with a single entry point.
DaaS (Desktop as a Service)
This service is to provide users with remote desktops. With the help of this service, you can quickly and at minimal cost organize a new office, with centralized management of workplaces.
Also, one of the advantages of this service is the ability to work from any device, which is especially valuable for employees on business trips and constant travel.
All of these cloud services are united by the fact that they remove a number of tasks for organizing certain solutions from the shoulders of customers and allow them to focus on their work.
And of course, due to the massive use of these services, providers ensure high speed and reliability of the services provided, using the most advanced technologies for their implementation.
Deploying solutions of this level in the customer’s local infrastructure is often unprofitable. Thus, cloud services help ordinary companies use enterprise-grade tools.