Cloud Computing in Enterprises: Web Infrastructure and Migration Plan

This report explores the use of cloud computing in enterprises, focusing on its concepts, benefits, and infrastructure choices, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). It justifies the use of PaaS for web infrastructure, particularly for Regional Gardens, highlighting the reduced burden on developers for managing storage, servers, databases, and networks. The report also outlines a four-part migration strategy to the cloud, including choosing the right provider, preparing and planning, migrating applications and data, and checking and validation. Concluding with a recommendation for adopting cloud platforms to enhance efficiency, flexibility, and strategic value, this document provides a comprehensive overview of cloud computing implementation in enterprise environments. Desklib offers additional resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to aid students in their understanding of cloud computing.

USE OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN
ENTERPRISES

CONCEPTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
• It is an emerging technology, which is based on the internet and is
connected to remote servers
• Cloud Computing helps in maintaining the applications and data
• The cloud helps in accessing the database from anywhere
irrespective of geographical location (Dinh et al., 2013)
• They can provide services over the internet network such as WAN,
VPN or LAN
• Applications such as web conferencing, customer relationship
management (CRM) and e-mail are provided by cloud computing

BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
The primary benefits of cloud computing involves the following :
• Efficiency
• Flexibility
• Strategic Value
• Accessibility to Automatic Updates (Bora & Ahmed, 2013)

CHOICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE
The cloud computing services provides three kinds of infrastructure
services. These include:
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)

JUSTIFICATION OF THE WEB INFRASTRUCTURE
Based on the discussion, it would be highly recommended that Regional
Gardens should make use of the PaaS based cloud services. The developers
of the web based application would not worry regarding the setting or
managing the infrastructure of storage, servers, databases and network.

PROCESS OF MOVING TO CLOUD PLATFORM
The migration strategy to the cloud computing platform comprises of four
major parts:
1. Choosing the right provider of the cloud services
2. Preparing and Planning
3. Migration of Applications and Data to the Cloud
4. Checking and Validation (Pahl & Xiong, 2013)

REFERENCES
Bora, U. J., & Ahmed, M. (2013). E-learning Using Cloud Computing. International
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Dinh, H. T., Lee, C., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2013). A Survey Of Mobile Cloud Computing:
Architecture, Applications, And Approaches. Wireless Communications And Mobile
Computing, 13(18), 1587-1611.
Pahl, C., & Xiong, H. (2013, September). Migration To Paas Clouds-migration Process And
Architectural Concerns. In Maintenance And Evolution Of Service-oriented And Cloud-
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