IT is increasingly moving to the cloud – but what exactly sets it apart? What technologies make it work, and how does it differ from simply having your own data center operated externally by a partner?
Our whitepaper sheds light on the concepts, technologies and organizational aspects behind cloud environments:
- On-premises, external data center, managed hosting, cloud – similarities and differences
- What do abbreviations such as PaaS, IaaS and SaaS actually mean?
- How does scaling in the cloud differ from on-premises operation?
- What defines cloud-native software?
- Why do we need containers when virtual machines already exist?
- An introduction to Docker, Kubernetes and OpenStack
- How Gaia-X (Sovereign Cloud Stack) differs from Azure, AWS and GCP
- When a hybrid cloud makes sense
- Organizational changes in the transition to the cloud
- Security implications and why identity is the new perimeter