3 Common Types Of ‘ The Cloud’ That People Seem To Confuse

We already know that “The Cloud” is an innovative technology that has brought savings and time efficiencies to small business, large corporations, and even governments. However, now that people understand what “The Cloud” is, the industry lingo is starting to become more prevalent and it tends to confusing people. Therefore, this post will examine the different types of “clouds” that people can easily understand, but tend to get lost when they are referred to in an industry tongue.

SaaS

Let’s start with the one that most people will use for their business, SaaS, which stands for software-as-a-service. With SaaS a cloud provider, like Amazon, hosts your company’s applications on their servers. The employee then access the companies migrated data through a web browser. This is a monthly fee, like Internet service, that the company has to pay. Usually the fee is based on the number of users who have access to the SaaS cloud.

IaaS

The second most common “cloud” is IaaS which stands for Infrastructure-as-a-service and in this scenario the cloud provider offers all equipment to run the company’s applications such as servers, storage, switches, etc. to the company sort of like renting it. However, this “rented” equipment is found virtually on the provider’s cloud and is on a pay-as-you-go model. This scenario is good for bigger companies who have an integrated network.

PaaS

Finally, the third most common cloud, PaaS, stands for platform-as-a-service. This is used mainly for developers who create software using and directories from the cloud provider. This is used for IT companies and large corporations who have in house IT employees that need to create software for the company or edit code.

Each service has its own specific use, which is geared towards different size companies and industries.  Each of them provides a faster, more readily available, way of doing every day computing for your business. Whether it be developing a new application or accessing your information remotely, these common cloud services will provide an increase in cost saving and employee efficiency.

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