MetaSoft Cloud Strategy: Architecture, Implementation & Benefits

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of cloud computing strategies for MetaSoft Ltd, a software development company considering migrating its computer infrastructure to the cloud. The report begins by explaining the main concepts of cloud computing and justifying the move for MetaSoft, highlighting increased flexibility, responsiveness, and cost savings. It explores various cloud architectures, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, evaluating their advantages and disadvantages in the context of MetaSoft's needs. The report recommends IaaS for its improved security and flexibility, particularly for MetaSoft's web infrastructure. It also discusses ad hoc and structured approaches to office automation in the cloud, suggesting an ad hoc approach for its cost-effectiveness and fast implementation. Furthermore, the report differentiates between IaaS and PaaS, emphasizing IaaS's security benefits for MetaSoft's public cloud migration. Finally, it evaluates PaaS and SaaS for providing services to employees, focusing on SharePoint 2013 instance migration and remote access improvements.

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Slide Note: With the increase in the complexity of the different business processes of the organisation, it
is needed to improve the flexibility and scalability of the business processes.
Therefore, the decision of MetaSoft to move to cloud is justified as it will improve the process of data
storage and data accessibility.
Slide Note: There are a number of advantages of making use of cloud computing in business. It improves
the cash flow and improves the efficiency of the business processes as well. The use of cloud computing
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reduces the IT costs and improves the flexibility of work practices. On addition to that, the automatic
updates make the use of cloud more user-friendly.
Slide Note: A number of business organisations have been benefited with the use of cloud as it helps in
stream lining the major business processes of the organisation.
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are the cloud infrastructure that is increasingly used by the companies across the
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SaaS provides a cost effective solution but is not secure while IaaS although is expensive, provides a
secure service. PaaS is less secure than IaaS.
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Slide Note: The advantages of the disadvantages of each of the cloud infrastructure are needed to be
evaluated in order to propose a suitable architecture for MetaSoft.
IaaS has a number of advantages. It is flexible and scalable and the client has a full control of the data
stored in cloud.
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Slide Note: PaaS provides a platform for deploying cloud. It provides a cost effective solution for the
clients and can be deployed quite easily. It is less expensive than IaaS.
SaaS on the other hand works on a subscription basis and therefore easy to deploy. However, there is
certain security issues associated with SaaS and therefore this architecture will not be considered for
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Slide Note: IaaS is the chosen cloud architecture for MetaSoft. IaaS will considerably reduce the
infrastructure cost of MetaSoft and offers a virtually limitless scalability and agility.
Although it is expensive it will provide a more secure architecture is MetaSoft as compared to IaaS and
PaaS.
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Slide Note: The presentation provided an overview of the benefits of making use of cloud computing. It
further discusses three different architecture of cloud and recommends IaaS for MetaSoft for its
improved security and flexibility.
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