{"id":646,"date":"2017-04-24T21:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2017\/04\/24\/top-10-cloud-platforms\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T11:08:08","slug":"top-10-cloud-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/top-10-cloud-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Cloud Platforms | List of best Cloud Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2885 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/top-10-cloud-platforms.png\" alt=\"top-10-cloud-platforms\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/top-10-cloud-platforms.png 600w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/top-10-cloud-platforms-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cloud computing is one of the trends which is going in IT industry these days. The traditional way of building IT environment is now shifting towards the cloud computing. This is the reason number of cloud service provider is increasing day by day and it becomes a tough task to select good one among-st them. So, In this article I am going to tell you about the top 10 cloud platforms for cloud services.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>But, before that let&#8217;s have a quick overview on Cloud platforms?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cloud platforms are platforms that allow developers to write applications that runs in the cloud and allows users to access data, services and applications, storage over the internet and allow them to work from anywhere on it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If we look on to the benefits of cloud platforms than these are the following benefits<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Reducing\u00a0Costs &#8211;<\/strong> Cloud platforms eliminating the needs of own hardware, software, licenses, servers and other infrastructures which you needs to build IT working environment which ultimately reduce your costs.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Productivity &#8211;<\/strong> As you don&#8217;t need your hardware, software and on-premises servers which means you don&#8217;t need to hire experts to maintain them which helps you in both ways first on cost savings and second the professionals can focus on other things.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Availability &#8211;<\/strong> Cloud platforms allows you to access from anywhere, on any device 24\/7<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Scalability &#8211;<\/strong> The best thing about cloud platforms is that you don&#8217;t need to worry about high traffic or sudden growth on traffic because cloud platforms automatically provide as many servers as required in such situations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. Affordability &#8211;<\/strong> As we mentioned above about scalability of cloud platforms where service providers allow server as per situations but it&#8217;s not cost you much because it;s not compelling you to pay for unnecessary usage of servers by automatically reduces the numbers of servers when traffic go down. You need to pay only for that sort of time when service provider allocates extra servers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6. Migration &#8211;<\/strong> Cloud platforms also allow users to migrate completely from one service provider to another without losing your data.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Now, let&#8217;s check on to the service models of cloud platforms<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>There are three models of cloud platforms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. SaaS &#8211;<\/strong> Software as a service (Saas) applications runs completely in the cloud. It enables delivery of applications over the cloud, it means you don&#8217;t need to buy, install and maintain own software. Software is managed from a central location and Just pay for what you used.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. PaaS &#8211;<\/strong> \u00a0Platform as a service (PaaS) This kind of cloud platforms provides you set of tools and services designed to make coding and deploying those applications quick and efficient. Means to say you can develop, runs and manage applications on the cloud.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. IaaS &#8211;<\/strong> Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) It is a kind of service where you get access to virtualized computer resources over the internet. You can get complete infrastructure solutions like hardware, software, servers, storage and other things from third party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, lets move on to the next section.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>Here is the list of top 10 cloud platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>1. Amazon Web Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-636 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/amazon-cloud.png\" alt=\"Amazon AWS cloud platform\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/amazon-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/amazon-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; IaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Hybrid, Private &amp; Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Block Storage<\/li>\n<li>VPN Access<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Database as a Service<\/li>\n<li>Deploy servers<\/li>\n<li>DNS management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Microsoft Azure Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-637 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/microsoft-azure-cloud.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Azue Cloud Platform\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/microsoft-azure-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/microsoft-azure-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; PaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Private Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Block Storage<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Content Delivery Network<\/li>\n<li>Deploy Servers<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Recovery<\/li>\n<li>VPN Access<\/li>\n<li>DNS Management<\/li>\n<li>Database as a Service\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>3. Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-638 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/google-cloud.png\" alt=\"Google Cloud Platform\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/google-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/google-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; IaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Docker Support<\/li>\n<li>Load Balancing<\/li>\n<li>Firewalls<\/li>\n<li>Snapshots<\/li>\n<li>API (Application Programming Interface)<\/li>\n<li>Web Based Application\/Control Panel\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>4. Rackspace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-639 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rackspace-cloud.png\" alt=\"Rackspace Cloud\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rackspace-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rackspace-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; IaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, and Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Block Storage<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Content Delivery Network (CDN)<\/li>\n<li>Database as a Service<\/li>\n<li>Deploy Servers<\/li>\n<li>DNS Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>5. VMware<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-640 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vmware-cloud.png\" alt=\"VmWare Cloud\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vmware-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vmware-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; IaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Hybrid Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Load Balancing<\/li>\n<li>System Monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Web Based Application\/Control Panel<\/li>\n<li>API (Application Programming Interface)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>6. Salesforce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-641 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salesforce-cloud.png\" alt=\"SalesForce Cloud\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salesforce-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salesforce-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; PaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>File Storage<\/li>\n<li>Firewalls<\/li>\n<li>Flexible Storage Services<\/li>\n<li>System Monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>7. Oracle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-642 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/oracle-cloud.png\" alt=\"Oracle Cloud\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/oracle-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/oracle-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; PaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Private Cloud and Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; windows<\/li>\n<li>Block Storage<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Storage<\/li>\n<li>Database as a Service<\/li>\n<li>Object Storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>8. IBM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-643 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ibm-cloud.png\" alt=\"IBM Cloud\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ibm-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ibm-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; IaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Hybrid Cloud and Private Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Web Based Application\/Control Panel<\/li>\n<li>API (Application Programming Interface)<\/li>\n<li>Messaging Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>9. Red Hat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-644 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redhat-cloud.png\" alt=\"Red Hat\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redhat-cloud.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/redhat-cloud-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; PaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Hybrid cloud and Private Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Snapshots<\/li>\n<li>Vertical Scaling<\/li>\n<li>API (Application Programming Interface)<\/li>\n<li>Command Line<\/li>\n<li>Graphical User Interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>10. Heroku<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-645 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/heroku.png\" alt=\"Heroku\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/heroku.png 400w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/heroku-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service Model &#8211; PaaS<\/li>\n<li>Deployment Model &#8211; Public Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Server operating system &#8211; Linux &amp; windows<\/li>\n<li>Auto Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal Scaling<\/li>\n<li>Control Interface-Command Line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, this is my list of top cloud platforms which are trending these days. But, if you think about some other platforms than feel free to share with us in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud computing is one of the trends which is going in IT industry these days. The traditional way of building IT environment is now shifting towards the cloud computing. 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