With Azure platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), you can realise new opportunities and capabilities with a scalable cloud platform.
Infrastructure and platforms often go hand in hand for many organisations. First, you implement infrastructure by provisioning capacity for compute, networks, storage, and other foundational services such as identity and security. Then transform your services by leveraging true cloud value by using platform as a service (PaaS) to deploy apps and services with agility, scalability, and resilience.
IaaS can help you kickstart your cloud transformation, offering you the opportunity to extend the value and utility of your investment by giving you the time to modernise and transform your service architectures and take advantage of new cloud capabilities at a pace that suits your business strategy.
Legacy IT services that no longer serve your needs can consume a disproportionate amount of time and money and increase organisational risk. Migrating or rehosting using cloud IaaS offers a quick solution to managing technical debt and accessing infrastructure that can be scaled to meet your needs.
IaaS allows you to select and pay for your preferred software on a consumption-based model, choose the operating system and compute that’s right for your business and install your own applications.
You can remove the need for capital expenditure and the expertise needed to maintain ageing IT assets by employing IaaS. It can also deliver cost savings through dynamic optimisation based on demand patterns across your business.
The most forward-thinking organisation never stand still. They constantly innovate and adapt to stay one step ahead. IaaS offers a platform that can be customised and flexible, with aspects added and removed to match your business’ evolution. Tools such as disaster recovery and managed cloud services can be included to ensure IaaS is working for you, while resource pooling and a pay-per-use billing model offer significant cost efficiency boosters. With IaaS, your people can focus on what really matters – your long-term road to sustained success.
Legacy IT that no longer serves you can be a significant drain on both your time and finances. IaaS provides an instant infrastructure that scales to your needs. Our expert teams provide the maintenance, removing the burden of infrastructure management from you completely.
IaaS combines the benefits of managed infrastructure with retaining control of your choices. You can select only your preferred software and platform, choosing the operating system that is right for you, your business and your people.
No matter which of our IaaS options you choose, you’ll be getting a service to transform your business. We offer IaaS through either Microsoft Azure or through our private Cloudlab IaaS platform. For many businesses, Microsoft Azure is the more compelling choice, with additional easy access to PaaS and SaaS that come hand in hand.
Shifting from traditional on-premise infrastructures to a cloud-based IaaS model may feel like a complex upheaval – but it offers significant long-term benefits to traditional ways of working. With no equipment lifecycle to manage, a reduction in capital expenditure and with the scalability and elasticity of the cloud at your service, the return you’ll see on your investment in IaaS can be seen from almost the very beginning.
In a world where expense reduction accounts for significant business priority, IaaS removes the need for capital expenditure and the expertise needed to maintain ageing IT assets. Delivering cost savings through scalability, IaaS says goodbye to costly and inefficient infrastructures.
PaaS offers the same advantages as IaaS. But its additional features – middleware, development tools, and other business tools – give you more advantages.
PaaS can bring elasticity, faster provisioning, support for modern application architectures and efficient management of the application lifecycle.
Remove the need to spend on additional software and development staff. With a ready-made application infrastructure, you manage the applications and services you develop and the cloud service provider manages everything else.
A consumption-based model makes it possible for you to use sophisticated development software and business intelligence and analytics tools that are expensive to procure outright.
As a leading Microsoft partner in the UK, we are expertly placed to work towards your digital transformation goals. We’ve developed a world-class centre of excellence in Azure, and here’s what sets us apart from the rest.
Speak to our experts to discover how we can realise new opportunities and capabilities with a scalable cloud platform.
