Getting Control of the Cloud with Infrastructure as a Service

The argument of private cloud versus public cloud is frequently debated in the tech world, especially as demand for Infrastructure as a Service continues to grow. Like other cloud research, IaaS allows companies to set up computer systems without the typical upfront costs.

Recent blog post

A recent blog post by Hexagrid Computing Vice President of Innovation Operations David Rokita asserts that, during no single product fits all needs, being educated significantly increases one’s ability to navigate this complicated market. He as well contends that the private cloud should operate much in the same way as the public cloud, citing a recent Forrester report – "Private Cloud Solutions" – which considers the core IaaS functions: self-service, standardization, automation and pay-per-use.

The biggest drivers of Infrastructure as a Service and other cloud services come down to cost savings and speed to delivery. However customers as well want control. With IaaS, organizations are able to deliver and control virtual IT resources just as storage, computing and networking capacity – a model in which the product is offered through the Internet to the client as an on-demand service.

Hexagrid’s Rokita argues that any cloud computing environment needs to have a certain level of control suited to the needs of the particular business.

"Hexagrid Computing believes that right placing control of a cloud computing environment should be a factor of delegation through internal channels. The delegation of control should be made based on whether or not they require it to meet a particular business need. It should not be based on whether or not they can handle the control when they get it," blogged Rokita. "To do this, the user experience must be simplified to the point that users are simply interacting with objects. At Hexagrid we have a saying that, ‘Provisioning a server should be as easy as buying a book on Amazon.’"

From basic day in day out computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to on the spur of the moment generate profits by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies.