Cloud Computing: IaaS Implementation for Regional Gardens Ltd

This report evaluates the potential of cloud computing for Regional Gardens Ltd, an organization with a small, outdated data center in Bathurst. It defines cloud computing as the utilization of remote servers for data storage, management, and processing, highlighting benefits like reduced IT costs, flexible services, automated processes, and secure storage. The report explores three main cloud architectures: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, ultimately recommending IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) due to Regional Gardens' infrastructure limitations and the subscription-based model. While PaaS could be suitable with an upgraded infrastructure, IaaS is the chosen approach for its immediate applicability and cost-effectiveness in the current scenario. This analysis provides a comprehensive overview of cloud implementation for Regional Gardens, emphasizing the advantages of IaaS in their specific context. Desklib provides a platform to access this and many other solved assignments.

USE OF CLOUD COMPUTING
IN REGIONAL GARDENS

INTRODUCTION
+ Regional Gardens Ltd is an organization that
has a small data center in Bathurst. Company’s
servers and data storage is located in that site.
+ The existing data center has not been updated
for some time.
+ Therefore, the Board has decided to move its
infrastructure to cloud.

WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING?
+ Cloud computing generally
refers to the use of network
made of remote servers that
can be used for storing,
managing and processing the
data in the local server.
+ Cloud Computing provides
an on demand delivery of
the infrastructure, database
application and other
essential IT resources (Dinh,
et al., 2013).

CLOUD COMPUTING BENEFITS
+ The main benefits of
cloud computing are as
follows (Fernando, Loke
& Rahayu, 2013)-
+ Reduction in IT
management cost
+ Offers flexible and
scalable services
+ Automates the business
process
+ Secure data storage

DIFFERENT CLOUD
ARCHITECTURE
+ The major three
architecture, out of
which Regional Gardens
can make a choice are
as follows (Garrison,
Kim & Wakefield, 2012)-
+ 1. IaaS
+ 2. PaaS
+ 3. SaaS

IAAS
+ The infrastructure as a
service or IaaS is a
virtualized computing
resources that provides
an infrastructure on an
outsourcing bases that
supports the entire
enterprise operations
(Manvi & Shyam, 2014).

PAAS
+ PaaS in cloud computing
provides a platform for
deploying cloud in the
business (Pahl, 2015).
+ Moving to cloud
infrastructure using PaaS is
easy and cost effective.
+ In PaaS a third party provider
delivers the different
hardware and software
required for deploying cloud
(Jadeja & Modi, 2012)

SAAS
+ Software as a service is a
distribution model of
cloud computing in
which a third party
service provider hosts an
application for providing
services to the
customers.
+ It is the most cost
effective cloud approach.

CHOSEN ARCHITECTURE
+ The chosen approach of
cloud architecture is IaaS.
+ This approach is chosen
since the infrastructure
of Regional gardens
cannot be upgraded.
+ IaaS works on
subscription basis and
therefore this approach is
recommended

CONCLUSION
+ After evaluating the different cloud
architecture and their advantages, the IaaS
approach is recommended for Regional
Gardens.
+ PaaS would have been a better approach for
Regional Gardens if the existing infrastructure
could have been used.

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