WHAT IS THE CLOUD?
WHICH CLOUD IS
BEST FOR MY
BUSINESS?
BENEFITS AND HOW
TO ENSURE A
SUCCESSFUL
MIGRATION
Cloud
Computing
and Small
Business
surebridge.com.au 07 3721 4111What is The Cloud?
• Netflix
• Skype
• Chatbots
• Dropbox
• Microsoft 365
• SalesForce/HubSpot
• Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn
Public Cloud
The public cloud services market in Australia is poised to grow 87% over the next three years reaching $10.3 billion by 2022**Reference Source: Gartner
• Available to anyone – small business to enterprise level • Deployed faster
Private Cloud
• Hosted on-premises or in a data centre
• Secure by design
• Offered over internet or internal private network and only to select users
• Otherwise known as Internal or Corporate Cloud
• Company’s IT Department is responsible for costs, accountability and maintenance
Hybrid Cloud
• Combination of Public and Private
• Companies can leverage a number of SaaS (Software as a Service)
applications and move data between private or data center resources
• Ability to have management tools across two environments
• Ability to scale when short-term spikes in demand occur, without having to spending big dollars
• Keep certain information secure on private cloud as you see fit
•The management requirements of cloud computing become much more complex when you need to manage private, public, and traditional data centers all together.
What are the benefits for my business if I
move to the cloud?
Enterprise functionality for all business sizes
Increased business agility and speed of deployment
Lower capital expenditure
Enterprise
functionality for
all business sizes
• No longer is the Cloud only for large Enterprise style businesses
• Pay per month subscription models
• Large infrastructure or software investments no longer required
Lower capital
expenditure
• Take your business from a capital expenditure model to an operational expenditure model• The Cloud allows businesses to increase resources quickly and only pay for what they use
Increased
business agility
and speed of
deployment
• Month to month contracts
• Trial multiple products for little upfront costs
• Cloud Infrastructure deployment is much faster than traditional procurement and deployment times
Access data
anytime;
What are some of the misconceptions of
the cloud?
“The cloud is more
expensive then
on-premises
infrastructure”
“Cloud services can initially be more expensive than running on-premise data centers'. However, cloud services become cost-effective over time if organizations learn to use and operate them more efficiently.” *
Source: Gartner “How to Develop a Business Case for the Adoption of Public Cloud IaaS”
“The security isn’t
as good in the
cloud because its
someone else's
hardware”
• The Cloud uses data encryption
and privacy measures to ensure user data is secured
• Cloud providers are certified by a number of global and regional regulations - they must meet compliance requirements
• Customers generally have the right to perform their own penetration testing
Source: Microsoft
Source: Australian Cyber Security Centre
https://www.cyber.gov.au/publications/cloud-computing-security-for-cloud-service-providers
“If we put our
sensitive data in
the cloud it has a
higher chance of
being stolen”
• Engage a Services Provider with Cloud Expertise • Cloud Service Providers are only responsible for
managing data center security, implementing controls for data security, including encryption, token, and data loss prevention
• BUT companies must invest the time and resources needed to develop policies to protect information, not only rely on external forces: restrict employee access via user role privileges, review cloud
provider compliance certifications
Big Cloud Providers spend up big on security annually. For example Microsoft currently spend $1 billion per year on
Which type of cloud model is right for my
business?
• Determine the business goals
• Assess the current infrastructure and reason/s for migrating
• Research Cloud Providers
How do I ensure my businesses
migration to the cloud is successful?
• Choose the rightServices Provider for your business needs
• Align business goals with the migration
• Select the right type of environment for your business – public, private, hybrid?
• Determine specific Cloud components necessary • Plan the migration
• Execute the migration, putting security first
• Monitor the production environment and make changes as necessary.
