Last updated on September 29, 2020
What Is Cloud Technology? What are the Benefits? | Parallels Explains
What Is Cloud Technology?
Cloud technology makes it possible to deliver computing power and resources as a service over a network. With cloud computer, you don’t need the resources to be physically present at the customer location. This is a cost-effective solution that allows companies to run IT operations as an outsourced unit without many in-house resources.
Cloud technology enables on-demand delivery of IT resources and services over the network as a pay-as-you-go model, benefitting organizations. It saves a lot in terms of upfront investment in the initial setup and management hurdles of the resources. The most beneficial part of implementing cloud technology is that resource provisioning and decommissioning take a few clicks in the web portal of the service, saving both time and money. A few global cloud technology enablers—also known as cloud service providers (CSP)—are Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services™ (AWS).
Cloud technology implementation can come with built-in disaster recovery, which allows for a high-availability infrastructure, retaining users’ performance in downtime situations.
Challenges with cloud technologies
While cloud technology can vastly improve businesses, challenges also exist.
- There are concerns over data security and privacy, as well as migration efforts and downtimes in cloud services. Naturally, organizations are concerned about data security breaches as they would need to move data over the network.
- Organizations with legacy IT systems might have difficulties integrating the existing resources into the cloud. To resolve any technical issues, users need to contact support, which may not be available 24/7.
- Cloud computing services still don’t offer a less complex deployment and migration process for virtualization.
- Many large organizations want to adopt cloud technology services from multiple providers to avoid vendor lock-in. This adds another layer of complexity if they don’t have a solution in place that can handle multi-cloud deployment.
How Parallels RAS leverages cloud technology
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is your go-to choice when it comes to deploying virtual apps and desktops into various cloud technology models, such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). With features such as automated configuration wizards and pre-built virtual machine templates, organizations can configure and deploy Parallels RAS solutions into cloud services, such as Azure, in less than 30 mins.
Parallels RAS also provides multi-cloud capability, which ensures portability and strategic benefits for larger organizations. The solution is equipped with cutting-edge security features, such as multifactor authentication (MFA), advanced permission filtering, encrypted connections and role-based access control (RBAC), eliminating worries about data transferring and access. Parallels RAS also supports hybrid cloud deployment.
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References
TechTarget | https://whatis.techtarget.com/glossary/Cloud-computing
Techopedia | https://www.techopedia.com/definition/2/cloud-computing
Medium.com| https://medium.com/faun/10-disadvantages-risks-of-cloud-computing-35111de75611
