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Tackling the challenge of choosing the best Cloud Service Model for your organisation<\/h2>\n

The Public Cloud is all about trying to minimise the responsibility organisations are tasked with, giving maximum flexibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Public Sector Organisations begin their move to the Cloud they are often faced with the challenge of identifying the best Cloud Service Model for their organisation. A range of Cloud Service Models exists, with differing levels of responsibilities from the organisation\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

With the computing world now moving to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS), the responsibilities that rest with public sector organisations procuring these services varies significantly.<\/p>\n

Organisations are still fully accountable for all aspects of services delivered for applications and data but there are fewer responsibilities to manage overall \u2013 further showcasing the benefits of the journey to Cloud.<\/p>\n

With lower levels of responsibility, this theoretically simplifies the organisation\u2019s workload to allow more time to focus on higher-value objectives and delivering new and direct value to citizens and stakeholders.<\/p>\n

This blog post looks at Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) <\/strong>to help demonstrate which Cloud Service Model may be best-suited to your organisation.<\/p>\n

Traditional On-Premise\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before moving to the Cloud, organisations will typically be operating an on-premise model where all responsibilities lie with the organisation. The transition to Cloud will shift from having full and complete responsibility of your own data centre and infrastructure to a shared model of responsibility<\/strong> with the Cloud vendor you choose to work with.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure as a Service<\/h3>\n

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a Cloud service where a vendor makes available to all customers slices of shared hyper-scale compute capacity (on a metered basis) which typically consists of servers, network and storage. Cloud-based infrastructure is a cost-efficient alternative to traditional on-premise. Instead of investing in physical hardware users can purchase IaaS on a subscription model based on consumption. Users will still be responsible for establishing and maintaining other components of the technology stack, such as applications and data.<\/p>\n

Benefits of IaaS:<\/strong><\/p>\n