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De-mystifying the Cloud - What You Need to Know about Making the Move to a Hosting Provider

DE-MYSTIFYING THE CLOUD - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING THE MOVE TO A HOSTING PROVIDER IN-HOUSE CLOUD HYBRID CLOUD (INT) HYBRID CLOUD (UK) HYBRID CLOUD (EU) To gain maximum benefit from Cloud services via a hosting provider, you first need to analyse your current IT usage and pinpoint your specific requirements - with this easy step-by-step guide from the experts at LinuxlT. RAPID АСCESS WORLD EU ONLY UK ONLY STORAGE COMPLIANCE YES, WE HAVE САРАСITY LONG-TERM STORAGE & DATA MINING WE NEED MORE CAPACITY PUBLIC CLOUD (UK) WORK LOAD LEGACY? PUBLIC CLOUD (INT) PUBLIC CLOUD (EU) ВАТCH PROCESSING LITTLE OR NO CAPACITY WORLD EU ONLY UK ONLY COMPUTE COMPLIANCE TAKEAWAYS: IN-HOUSE REAL TIME COMPUTING Things to think about: • Is your current access to data too slow? • Do you expect your data to increase substantially in future? • Do you need to keep your data on-shore or within the EU? • Would using a private Cloud or moving to public Cloud provision best benefit your organisation? LINUXIT www.linuxit.com Best Practice Linux •.... ....: <....

De-mystifying the Cloud - What You Need to Know about Making the Move to a Hosting Provider

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To gain maximum benefit from Cloud services via a hosting provider, you first need to analyse your current IT usage and pinpoint your specific requirements – with this easy step-by-step guide from t... he experts at LinuxIT. Workload You need to analyse current usage and know where the bottlenecks are. Is your access to data too slow, or are you being held up by a lack of computing power? Do you expect your data to get a lot bigger? Storage Some data is collected over months or years for long-term analysis; fast access isn't crucial. Other data – for example, that used by an eCommerce platform – has to be instantly available so as not to delay the transaction and maybe lose the customer. Compute Batch processing invoices or running a payroll process overnight doesn't require blistering speed; however, serving webpages to your users and customers needs to be as slick as you can make it. Rapid access If you need rapid access to your data you probably need it in house. Talk to LinuxIT about a private Cloud set-up. In-house Cloud A private Cloud system can often be provided by re-purposing legacy hardware running Linux and software defined storage. Long-term storage Look at your legacy systems – there may be sufficient capacity to keep all your data in house. Batch processing Look at your legacy systems – there may be sufficient compute capacity in house running virtual servers on Linux. Real time If your application needs to run quickly, you can't beat running it in house. In-house computing Talk to LinuxIT about improving your in-house computing provision with virtual servers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Legacy Don't think you have to throw everything out and start again. You may be able to re-use, re-purpose and add to your existing hardware. Compliance Depending on your organisation and your clients, you may need to keep your data on-shore in the UK or within the EU. Or you may be free to seek the best deal worldwide. You may be able to choose several Cloud providers for different workloads. Hybrid Cloud Talk to LinuxIT about combining your in-house hardware and extensible public Cloud provision for maximum flexibility. Public Cloud Talk to Linux IT about moving your workload on to public Cloud provision, reducing your hardware and maintenance costs and simplifying your IT management. TAKEAWAYS: Things to think about: - Is your current access to data too slow? - Do you expect your data to increase substantially in future? - Do you need to keep your data on-shore or within the EU? - Would using a private Cloud or moving to public Cloud provision best benefit your organisation?