Cloud Solutions with Cloudvisor: How to Choose the Right Service for Your Startup
Cloud services have become essential for startups having completely changed how they run their businesses. Using the cloud, newly established companies can get the most out of their resources, respond quickly to changing customer needs, and keep track of their costs, which sets them up for future growth. That is why choosing cloud IT services strategically is crucial for companies looking to improve their productivity, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. And the popular majority of companies do that switch.
The wild stats back up that claim: 96% of businesses use the public cloud, while 84% use the private cloud. Plus, the number of people using personal clouds like Google Drive or iCloud has grown from 1.1 billion in 2014 to over 2.3 billion today. These numbers highlight the possibilities that cloud computing provides.
Choosing a Win-Win Provider for Your Business
Choosing the right cloud service provider is becoming more and more important as an increasing number of businesses move their operations to the cloud. Picking the right cloud service is a big choice that can affect a company's growth for a long time. Large corporations like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are among the options, but there are also smaller companies like Cloudvisor that offer custom services to meet your needs. So how do you pick the best cloud service provider for your business? We're on your side. In this blog post, we will raise the curtain and talk about the most important things you should consider when picking a cloud service.
#1 — Certifications and Standards
Providers who stick to well-known quality standards and models show they follow best practices in the business. Even though standards might not decide which service provider you pick, they can help you narrow down your choices. In a broader sense, keep an eye out for organized processes, solid data management, good knowledge management, and clear insight into the service state. Also, find out how the service plans to provide resources and help with continuing to follow these standards.
#2 — Technologies
Make sure the provider's platform and recommended technologies are compatible with your environment and/or meet your cloud goals. Do the provider's cloud architectures, specs, and services meet your workload and management needs? Determine how much re-coding or modification is required to make your workloads compatible with their platforms. Many service providers offer full migration services throughout the evaluation and planning stages. Ensure you have a thorough overview of the available assistance and map it to project activities to determine who will perform what.
Often, service providers offer professional support from technical specialists who can cover skill gaps in your migration teams. However, some large-scale public cloud providers give limited assistance, and you may want extra third-party help to address skill gaps. Contact the platform provider for recommendations on third-party partners with expertise and a broad understanding of the target platform.
#3 — Service Roadmap
Inquire about the provider's service development plans, including how they intend to innovate and expand over time. Does their roadmap meet your long-term needs? Commitments to certain technologies or suppliers are important considerations. Can they also show operations that are similar to the ones you want to plan? Depending on your specific cloud plan, you may also want to consider the full range of services that providers may supply. If you want to employ distinct best-of-breed services from a diverse set of providers, this is less significant. However, if you wish to use just a few major cloud service providers, those must provide a wide variety of compatible services.
#4 — Data Management
You may already have a data categorization framework in place, which specifies data categories based on sensitivity and/or data residency regulations. At the absolute least, you should be aware of the legal or privacy specs that regulate personal data. With that in mind, the location of your data, as well as the local regulations that govern it, may play an important role in the choosing process. If you have unique needs and duties, you should look for service providers that let you choose and handle the country where your data is kept, processed, and managed. The sites of their data centers should be clear to cloud service providers, but it's also your job to find out this information.
#5 — Information Security
Make sure you evaluate the cloud provider's data and system security levels, as well as the maturity of security operations and governance procedures. The provider's information security measures should be explicitly risk-based and complement your security policies and practices. Ensure that user access and activity are auditable across all channels, and clarify safety roles and responsibilities as outlined in the contacts or business policies documents. If they are compatible with standards such as the ISO 27000 series or have recognized certifications, verify their validity and get guarantees of resource allocation, such as budget and personnel. Request internal incident reports, security audit reports, and documentation of corrective steps for any concerns identified.
#6 — Data Encryption and Access Control
To maintain security on your cloud platform, be sure that your cloud service provider has data encryption technologies in place. Encryption renders data unreadable, and only authorized individuals may access it. This implies that even if a hacker has access to the data, they will be unable to read it. You should also make sure that the service provider has access control systems in place to keep people who aren't supposed to be there from seeing your info. This lets you keep certain people or groups from getting in.
#7 — Disaster Recovery and Backup
Disaster recovery and backup are two more important security things you need to consider. There is no way for businesses to know when their data will be stolen. If there is an outage, cloud service companies must have a plan to get data and services back online. This makes sure that your services and files will be back up and running quickly (even if something bad happens). Also, you should make sure that the service provider has backups in place to make sure that your data is always available when you need it.
Let’s Wrap It up
Choosing the right cloud service provider is a big choice that could affect the growth of your business for a long time. In order to make the right decision, there are multiple things to keep on your radar — from security and compliance to support and service level agreements. Take your time to research and compare different solutions to make sure you choose the right one. Involve your IT team and other important people in the decision-making process. Only in this way, you will be able to pick the best solution and get the most out of cloud computing.