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And if you’re still doubting about migrating to a public cloud model, keep reading to learn all public cloud can do for you and your organization.

What exactly is public cloud?

Public cloud is a virtual platform which makes resources - like applications, virtual machines or even storage space - accessible to all users remotely, over the Internet. 

It’s an open-source service that is popular among startups, large organizations, and software or hardware vendors. 

With public cloud services, you don’t need to purchase or manage any infrastructure. Instead, the resources are made available to you on demand, typically as a part of a paid subscription to the service. 

Public cloud resources can be sold or rented on a pay-per-click or pay-per-use basis. 

The public cloud model encompasses many different technologies, capabilities, and features. At its core, however, a public cloud consists of the following key characteristics:

• on-demand computing and self-service provisioning
• broad network access
• resource pooling
• scalability and rapid elasticity
• measured service
• security

Considerations before migrating to a public cloud service

No matter which types of cloud-based services an organization chooses, the benefits of public cloud services are undeniable.

However, before making the final decision, an organization must make sure that its present infrastructure can support the latest cloud platform. 

It’s also necessary to determine the cost and functional requirements of the project. 

Lastly, organizations must evaluate the technical skills of its cloud service provider and the availability of internal resources. 

Only then can they be fully confident that they are moving toward a more agile and sustainable cloud architecture

Public cloud architecture

Public cloud architecture is categorized by service model. These are the 3 most common service models:

• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), With this, a third-party provider hosts infrastructure components such as servers and storage as well as a virtualization layer. The provider offers virtualized computing features such as VMs, on the Internet or through dedicated connections.

• Platform as a service (PaaS), With this, a third-party provider provides hardware and program tools for their users.

• Software as a Service (SaaS), where a third-party provider hosts applications and provides them to customers
  
  
  

Some features of public cloud:

Ultimate scalability

Vast on demand resources are available so that applications can respond seamlessly to fluctuations in activity.

Cost effective

Public cloud brings together a greater level of resources so users can benefit from the largest economies of scale. The centralized operation and management of the underlying resources is shared across all of the subsequent services.

Utility style payment model

Public cloud services employ a pay-as-you-go model whereby the consumer is able to access the resource they need, when they need them, and only pay for what they use; avoiding wasted capacity.

Reliability

The sheer number of servers and networks involved in creating a public cloud mean that if one physical component fails, the service would still run unaffected on the remaining components. In some cases, where clouds draw resource from multiple data centers, an entire data center could go offline and individual services would suffer no ill effect. There is, in other words, no single point of failure.

Flexibility

There are a myriad of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services available on the market which follow the public cloud model and that are ready to be accessed as a service from any internet enabled device.

These services can fulfill most computing requirements and can deliver their benefits to private and enterprise clients alike. Businesses can even integrate their public cloud services with private clouds, where they need to perform sensitive business functions, to create hybrid clouds.

Location independence

The availability of public cloud services through an internet connection ensures that the services are available wherever the client is located. This provides remote access to IT infrastructure (in case of emergencies, etc.) and online document collaboration from multiple locations.

Choosing A Public Cloud Provider

With so many cloud providers out there to choose from and so many different types of clouds, how to choose a public cloud provider can be daunting. The basic choice is between a private cloud and a public cloud. Private clouds are just that-they are used by one company to maintain their own data and resources while keeping everything else accessible through the internet. Public clouds on the other hand, are made accessible to anyone with an internet connection and the proper authorization credentials, while providing the same benefits as a private cloud, but for a lower cost.

Here are some tips to source public cloud providers.

Choosing a public cloud provider depends on your needs. If you are in need of temporary web hosting, you might want to choose a service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive as they are free services that provide space and storage for documents and other information. If your business is growing and you're expanding your database, choose a provider that has a large amount of space and a high rate of access to files and databases. Choose a public cloud vendor that provides all features you need to operate efficiently.

Check the security of your cloud. It's not enough to know that cloud you're going to use for backup purposes. You also have to be aware of how secure the servers are. Many companies store confidential data on their servers, and your data could be vulnerable if your provider does not use modern security systems. Find out how secure the servers are by asking for proof of security from their servers.

Some cloud providers offer more than others. If you have an e-commerce site, you'll obviously need a better e-commerce platform. If you need to quickly publish content or distribute images or videos, look for a content management system (CMS) or a service like Google Docs that allow you to easily share documents. Service based on Java and TypeScript will allow you to create dynamic web pages.

Look at the basic plans offered by each public cloud provider. Consider what types of resources you'll be using. If you're just starting out, choose a plan that has fewer resources. In the long run, you'll probably end up using more resources than you would have in a public, traditional server environment anyway.

StrataCore: The best Place to be a Client

Making informed decisions is hard. Especially when you don’t know where to look and who to trust.

But that’s not the case anymore.

StrataCore is committed to advocate for each of its clients, so they get the best public cloud services and quotes in the market from the best public cloud providers that fit their requirements. 

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