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What is Infrastructure as a Service in cloud computing?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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With IaaS, organisations can access and manage virtualised infrastructure components such as servers, storage, networking and other fundamental computing resources, without the need to maintain physical hardware or infrastructure on-premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


How IaaS differs from other cloud computing models?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In an IaaS model, the cloud service provider is responsible for the underlying infrastructure and hardware.<\/strong> Users, on the other hand, have control over the operating systems, applications and data running on the virtualised infrastructure.<\/strong> They can scale their infrastructure up or down depending on their needs, paying only for the resources they use. Other important factors to consider are resilience and security, shared between the cloud service provider and the customer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


What is the difference between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Other cloud computing models include PaaS (Platform as a Service)<\/strong> and SaaS (Software as a Service).<\/strong> All of them offer different level of services.<\/p>\n\n\n

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IaaS <\/strong>focuses on providing virtualised infrastructure resources. PaaS <\/strong>provides a platform and development environment to streamline application development and deployment, abstracting away the infrastructure management, while SaaS<\/strong> delivers complete software applications over the internet, relieving users of the responsibility of managing infrastructure and software updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When choosing between those cloud computing services organisations need to consider their specific requirements, control needs, development focus, management overhead, their budget, legislation and the overall cloud strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s worth knowing that some cloud computing providers offer a combination<\/strong> of these models, allowing users to leverage a mix of cloud services based on their specific needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most well known IaaS providers<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n