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Public cloud computing resources are provided by third parties through public internet. Clients have the opportunity to choose and use these services according to their needs.

The advantage of public cloud computing is the initial cost reduction – you pay only for the resources you use and don’t need to employ IT specialists or purchase and maintain software and physical equipment. The public cloud is easy to integrate and activate and it offers simple and almost limitless scalability.

If you choose a public cloud computing provider, you must accept a certain degree of reliance on the service provider as the costs increase as your data needs grow. This cost growth is not always easy to forecast. You must also be ready for potentially complex payment plans and other limitations of standardized solutions.

Examples of public cloud services: Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services.

Private clouds provide cloud computing services within a single organization through the internet or the organization’s intranet. This requires physical equipment that is located on the premises of the organization or an outside contractor. The responsibility for management and administration of a private cloud lays with the organization’s own administrative and IT departments, although it is possible for the system to be maintained by a third-party IT contractor.

Private cloud allows the transformation of the company’s existing infrastructure and offers the same benefits that public clouds offer, even for functions traditionally maintained within the organization. This includes the possibility to set up remote access to data and applications through various devices.

You have greater control and more flexibility to adapt to and reconfigure the services you make use of with a private cloud service. This translates to more detailed monitoring and a higher level of privacy, which is especially important for organizations working in more highly regulated industries.

Setting up private cloud systems initially takes more time due to the need to reconfigure and adapt existing infrastructure or set them up from scratch. In addition, it is necessary to devote more resources to equipment, personnel, and administration than with a public cloud service.

Private cloud service examples: VMware Cloud, IBM/Red Hat Cloud, Flex Cloud.

Hybrid clouds come about when public and private cloud infrastructure is integrated, which allows for data and application use across both cloud environments. Such a setup decreases a business’s reliance on service providers and allows for dynamic use of various alternative cloud solutions and choosing the ones most suited to your needs. A business can more effectively use its IT resources, avoiding higher licensing and subscription fees. Such a hybrid solution also allows you to protect critical components of your business in a private cloud network.

Effective use of hybrid clouds allows you to quickly address short-term surges in demand without an additional long-term investment of resources. Hybrid setups are platforms that offer the best of both worlds, as they offer all the benefits of cloud computing – elasticity, scalability, and optimization of expenses – together with higher security levels.

This type of cloud connects various geographically diverse assets of a business into connected cloud environments. A federated cloud allows for the infrastructure to be administered both centrally and in a decentralized manner. It can be hosted and run on a public cloud service provider’s network as well as on the data centers of different cloud service providers and third parties.

Technologies are developing at rapid speeds and offer businesses new opportunities. As an example, AI and big data analytics operations require a high processing capacity for you to be able to make time-sensitive decisions and deliver results quickly. The same applies to simultaneous translation or computer vision.

In such cases, the use of public cloud networks can be too risky, as it is hard to guarantee a stable and high data transmission speed. That’s why demand is growing for high-speed computing capabilities close to the consumer. This principle is called edge computing, and it is realized in various ways – from integrating a computing node into a business platform, such as an assembly line or drone, to maintaining a private cloud nearby with a task-specific configuration. If it is more beneficial to handle the other business functions on a public cloud, a hybrid cloud solution works best.