Migrating to the cloud can be a daunting task for many businesses, nevertheless, cloud adaption is seen to be on the rise with several organisations realising that cloud-based applications are becoming increasingly valuable.

Nowadays, the computing needs of a company have reduced exponentially due to automation, allowing internet powered cloud migration strategies to help countless businesses worldwide make smooth transitions.

Here are some facts to emphasise the importance of Cloud computing:

• Cloud data centres will process 94% of workloads by 2021 – in comparison to 60% this year and 45% in 2018
• The average business runs 38% of workloads in public cloud computing while 41% use a private cloud.
• Providing access to data from anywhere is the main reason for cloud adoption (42%) – other top answers included disaster recovery (38%), flexibility (37%) and relieving IT staff’s jobs (36%).
• Hybrid Cloud adoption has risen to 58%

There are several ways to deploy cloud services, options for deployment include private, public and hybrid cloud platforms if you choose Kick for Cloud Migration Services. All three options provide benefits such as cost effectiveness performance, reliability and scale. Your deployment method preferences will be dependent on your business needs:

Public Cloud

This is where all your hardware, software and other supporting infrastructure are owned and managed by a cloud provider. You will therefore share the same hardware, storage and network devices with other organisations or cloud ‘tenants’. This kind of cloud migration is frequently used to provide a web-based email, online office applications, storage, testing and development environments.

Private Cloud

This consists of computing resources used exclusively by one organisation and can be located at your organisations data centre, or by a third-party service provider. In a private cloud, services and infrastructure are maintained on a private network and the hardware and software are dedicated solely to your organisation, thus it will be easier to customise resources in order to meet specific IT requirements.

Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid clouds will combine on – premise infrastructures or private clouds, with public clouds so that organisations can reap the advantages of both. Data and applications will move between private and public clouds to allow for greater flexibility and deployment options. In this cloud platform, customers also have a cloud bursting option – an application which enables you to run in private cloud until there is a spike in demand, at which point the organisation can ‘burst through’ to the public cloud to tap into additional computing resources.

So whether you are looking for a secure private cloud, public cloud or the best of both worlds with a hybrid cloud platform, Kick have the expertise and advise to implement a solution tailored to your needs. Our cloud services can be scaled according to your business requirements with the capability to add resources without server upgrades or downtime.

We use HCI technology based on Nutanix cloud platforms that bridges the gap between traditional infrastructure and public cloud services.

Working with us and our Hybrid hosting services will provide your organisation with the opportunity to gain economies of scale, encapsulated by high quality and experience highly resilient infrastructure without losing access agility or control.

Find out more on Cloud Services, or give us a call on 01698 844 600 to chat with one of our IT professionals to discuss your options.