DO YOU MANAGE YOUR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE YOURSELF? BAD CHOICE
There is no doubt that cloud providers such as AWS and Azure have made their portals very user friendly and for most parts, one can create the infrastructure that one needs within minutes without any serious hassles or the need of a cloud infrastructure specialist. That being the case, it may not always be the best approach for small to medium size technology companies to have one from their IT staff or engineering team members to create and manage the cloud infrastructure instead of a cloud infrastructure specialist.
Here’s why.
- Security : There have been several instances where poorly designed cloud infrastructure has become a target of cyber attacks. This can have a serious impact to the productivity of your team, loss of critical data and possibly loss of your intellectual property.
- Cost Optimization : It is important to map the requirement of the cloud resource to the right size and cost of the resource. Though there may be cost calculators one can refer to or use for planning, most often it is the experience that can provide the best and most cost-effective solution to your cloud resource needs. The savings in monthly cloud bills achieved by picking the right-sized resources with smart automation can more than pay for the services of a cloud infrastructure specialist.
- Performance : Having the right performance for price ratio is critical not just for your production infrastructure, but also for your development and QA infrastructure. A cloud infrastructure specialist can help identify the performance bottlenecks in the infrastructure and make the appropriate infrastructure changes to help meet your performance goal.
- Efficiency : Outsourcing the cloud infrastructure deployment and management can free your staff to focus on the priorities and activities that are most important and relevant to your business. A well designed and functional infrastructure helps improve your teams productivity.
- Adaptability : The cloud infrastructure is constantly evolving and new services and pricing changes are being introduced all the time. A cloud specialist tracks these changes and can help take better benefit of new services, features or pricing changes to make your infrastructure better, more efficient and cost effective.
If you would like to discuss any topics related to security, performance and cost effectiveness of your cloud infrastructure, please write to us at contactus@spryiq.co. We would be happy to help.
