Why CLOUD HOSTING with MICROSOFT AZURE is the next big thing for you!

Introduction to cloud computing:

Ever imagined that the computing services you require are hosted together at one place and you can access and use them just as you need? – Well, right, that’s what cloud computing is!

In simple words, it’s a means of delivering computing services viz.  Networking, servers, storage, databases, software, intelligence and analytics over the web, which in this context – ‘cloud’.

It’s a cloud full of services, which you need to carry out your organizational computing operations. It helps in achieving optimum utilization of resources, delivers innovation-driven solutions and is scalable. Furthermore, cloud computing operates on ‘Requirements based Expense’ investment, meaning you pay for what you use.

Let’s understand the following two terminologies:

Earlier, companies had to bear an upfront expense for setting up premises and infrastructure to begin and grow their business. That’s primal system expense. While on the other hand, cloud computing doesn’t charge an upfront cost. It bills your current usage. That’s requirements based expense.

  • Primal system expense:

Primal system expense is paying for the entire infrastructure in a single go and then deducting the amount from taxes over some time. It’s a big investment made upfront.

  • Requirements based expense:

Requirements based expense is paying for the services and the products under usage at the moment. The same can be deducted from the taxes the same year. As and when you wish to grow and make use of other services, you pay for them then.

Cloud computing allows you to utilise the services as the need be. You are billed at the organisational level for your chosen services and products.

The biggest gain point of ‘requirements based expense’ is that you can reduce your operations cost exponentially, which in turn results in efficient infrastructure management.

Clearly, Cloud is the winner!

So how can you access the service? – Through a cloud service provider. There are several cloud service providers available. However, we are going to make you familiar with Microsoft Azure, which is diverse in its offerings.

What is Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform which provides services such as analytics, networking, storage, virtual computing, servers and much more to meet the business requirements and overcome challenges.  It enables organisations to build, manage and deploy applications on its vast global network with their preferred tools and frameworks.