Cloud Services

Cloud Lifecycle

Design and implementation of Security on the Cloud is fundamentally different from Security for on-premise IT infrastructure and applications. When services are hosted on the Public Cloud, you do not have physical access to the infrastructure on which the services run. As a consequence there is some dependency on the Cloud provider for certain elements of security.

Software solutions such as Salesforce.com or Office 365 give an impression that the cloud is easy to set up and use. In reality, only Software as a Service is relatively simple. You sign up and start using it immediately. Architecting IT solutions on the cloud that need servers, storage and networking is a complex task. It requires expertise in the underlying technologies, and also experience in setting up and managing these in on-premise installations.

Essentially all the skills and experience required for on-premise solution architecting is necessary. On top of this, an in-depth understanding of the Cloud Provider’s architecture, operations, load balancing and pricing is absolutely necessary.