Cloud as-a-Service

Cloud as-a-Service technology offers enormous benefits for enterprises. By delivering applications, development platforms and IT infrastructure-as-a-Service over the internet, Cloud as-a-Service offerings have helped enterprises to be more agile and competitive while freeing IT teams from the need to deploy and manage infrastructure on-premises.

SaaS solutions provide online access to leading Cloud applications that are managed and continually upgraded by third-party providers. PaaS solutions provide an on-demand development environment that enables enterprises to accelerate development of cloud-based applications. IaaS solutions provide compute, storage, networking and other infrastructure via the Internet, VPN or dedicated connection, allowing enterprises to pay only for the infrastructure they consume.

Together, these Cloud as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises to:

• Implement capabilities more quickly for faster time-to-value.
• Enjoy anywhere access to applications and content.
• Scale quickly and easily to meet demand and take advantage of new opportunities.
• Ensure higher utilization of infrastructure investments.
• Reduce the cost of infrastructure, energy and facilities.
• Enhance productivity for IT staff across the organization.
• Improve security and protection of information assets.

Despite these benefits, these multiple Cloud as-a-Service options present a serious management challenge for IT teams, especially when coupled with the need to manage public, private and edge Cloud resources as well. As enterprises seek to reap the benefits of a multi-cloud architecture, IT teams must simultaneously manage a variety of diverse platforms with no consistent infrastructure, operations or management tools. The result can be chaotic and costly, creating barriers to Cloud adoption and limiting the innovation and outcomes that enterprises hope to achieve.

To solve this challenge and continue to reap the benefits of Cloud as-a-Service technologies, IT teams need a solution that can unify Cloud infrastructure and services on a single operational hub, with tools that enable a consistent management experience. That’s where Dell Technologies Cloud can help.

Dell Technologies Cloud improves the Cloud experience with a consistent infrastructure, operations and services. Technology IT teams can simplify operations and improve Cloud economics while deploying workloads to the right Clouds. Use Cloud as-a-Service offerings to deliver the highest performance and greatest cost savings.

Dell Technologies Cloud delivers:

• Consistent infrastructure, simplifying workload migrations and avoiding application rework tax.
• Consistent operations, eliminating silos and cutting operations costs in half with tools that provide consistent control over all Cloud resources.
• Consistent services, with expert assistance to plan and execute Cloud strategy.

Dell Technologies Cloud comprises a suite of solutions that make it easier to manage workloads across private Clouds, public Clouds and Cloud edge computing locations.

• VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail is the foundation of Dell Technologies Cloud. This turnkey platform with automated infrastructure provides all the tools required to run, manage, automate and secure an entire application portfolio across multiple Clouds.
• VMware Cloud on Dell Technologies is a fully managed, subscription-based Data Center-as-a-Service (DCaaS) solution that brings the simplicity and agility of the public Cloud to data center and edge locations.
• Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs provides best-of-breed Dell Technologies storage, compute and networking resources that are pre-tested for integration with VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Partner Clouds provides a simple way to extend hybrid Clouds to the public Cloud, with support for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and more than 4,200 additional Cloud partners.

What are Cloud as-a-Service technologies?

Cloud as-a-Service technologies are are types of Cloud computing solutions that provide on-demand access to IT infrastructure via the internet, a VPN or a dedicated network connection. Cloud as-a-Service offerings include IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

What are the differences between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?

SaaS offerings enable users to access software applications via the internet. PaaS offerings provide on-demand access to a development environment, enabling software developers to easily access resources for building, testing, running and managing applications. IaaS offerings provide IT teams with on-demand access to IT infrastructure, including compute, storage, networks and more. Each Cloud as-a-Service model enables IT teams to avoid having to procure, deploy, maintain and upgrade IT infrastructure on-premises, while enabling enterprises to pay only for the IT infrastructure they consume.