{"id":10479,"date":"2018-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threecloud.wpengine.com\/post\/why-your-infrastructure-belongs-in-the-cloud\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:01:04","slug":"why-your-infrastructure-belongs-in-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/why-your-infrastructure-belongs-in-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Infrastructure Belongs in the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

You haven\u2019t moved to the cloud yet? In this Azure Every Day installment, I\u2019d like to tell you the top 5 reasons why you may want to move your infrastructure<\/a> to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Cost<\/strong> \u2013 Many people can take advantage of operational cost savings by not having to invest in a bunch of hardware that sits unused. In the cloud, you only pay for what you use.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Business Continuity<\/strong> \u2013 With the cloud, you have better, more guaranteed up-time without having to worry about in-house appliances or certain infrastructures or servers. You also get easier administration. The cloud locations in Azure are set up so you can easily maintain and migrate your systems. And there\u2019s no need for a second data center, giving you high availability, as well as more cost savings.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Agility<\/strong> \u2013 You don\u2019t have to spend money having something running all the time. It\u2019s easy to spin up and spin down as you need it. You also have the ability to scale at an exponential rate. You can start small, but quickly build in traffic or performance capabilities or whatever you need.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Management and Maintenance<\/strong> \u2013 You can drastically reduce the time needed to maintain and manage your environment, as well as have one central area for monitoring and maintaining your systems. You\u2019ll save time wasted on running back ups and maintaining servers.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Improved Security<\/strong> \u2013 Cloud providers have it in their best interest to be secure. There are over 300,000 open security jobs in the US alone. Where do you think those people want to work when there\u2019s top quality companies paying top dollar? You guessed it \u2013 cloud companies.<\/p>\n