Direct Benefits Cloud Capabilities Features :
High Availability
High availability is the key feature of Direct Benefits Cloud capabilities. Infrastructure on the Cloud will experience fewer outages and downtime. As applications exist across multiple Cloud Data Centres, it can auto recover or terminate and restart for better performance.
Flexibility
Direct Benefits Cloud capabilities offer greater flexibility to the University as it has access to a wide range of programming models, operating systems, databases and architecture. It will not be locked into investing in infrastructure and will have more freedom of choice.
Self Service Self Provisioning
Direct Benefits Cloud environment is suitable for self-service and provisioning, particularly in research areas. Graphical user interfaces and Cloud tools can be used to enable users to run their workloads and monitor costs and metrics associated.
Automation and Ease of Management
Platform and application automation will enable easy management of patching, security, provisioning, testing, deployment and logging. This will allow faster deployment of services to the University.
Scalability
Using Direct Benefits Cloud, the University can easily scale up or down its workloads as per student and researcher demands. This will help maintain quality services as the University grows and accounts for seasonal application usage.
Greater Security Controls
Direct Benefits Cloud environment enables better security controls through logging and usage of the latest firewalls and security features. This reduces the chances of cyber attacks and internal mistakes.
Indirect Benefits Cloud Consumption Enables :
Greater Agility and Time to Market
Accelerate Innovation with Cloud Computing
Cloud computing enables the University to quickly develop, test and launch new ideas. This agile approach to innovation allows the University to learn quickly, launch new products and services faster, and iterate on ideas quickly. Additionally, the University can take advantage of the scalability of the Cloud to rapidly scale to meet growing demand.
Subheading: Reduce Environmental Impact
By moving to the Cloud, the University can reduce its environmental impact. By avoiding the need to build a physical data center, the University can reduce the amount of energy used and the amount of emissions produced. Additionally, the Cloud provides more efficient facilities, resulting in further savings for the environment.
Heading: Cost Avoidance and Cost Savings
The University can avoid upfront costs and save money in the long-term by avoiding the need to build a physical data center. While there will be some costs associated with migrating to the Cloud, such as training, the cost savings from avoiding the need to build a data center will outweigh these costs in the long-term.
Heading: Focus on Value-Adding Activities
By moving to the Cloud, the University can free up resources to focus on activities that add value. This allows the University to focus on initiatives that improve the student and researcher experience, develop new service offerings, and enhance the environment instead of spending resources on maintaining the data center.
Heading: Improved Brand Perception
The Cloud will enhance the University’s brand reputation as a forward-thinking institution. The University can use the Cloud to attract technology students and researchers to collaborate, as well as to collaborate with other partners.
Heading: Creation of New Revenue Streams
The University can capture new revenue streams by providing researchers with Cloud services through a managed portal. This will allow the University to capture the expenditure of researchers who no longer need to purchase their own hardware to run research workloads.