Hedge IT Blog

In the alternative investment industry, the use of cloud services is now widely accepted for firms of all sizes. Now, startups are almost always selecting a cloud-based infrastructure rather than building out an on-premise IT environment.

The right strategy for a public cloud like Azure will depend on your server use, data needs, and security metrics. Azure offers countless configurations to you, but all this choice can become quickly become paralyzing, especially if no one can agree on what a business-critical need is or whether a workload should be classified as Tier 1. No matter what your goals are, there will be a learning curve as you discover and implement the resources available to you. Knowing a few core elements before you dive in can make it easier to design a plan of attack.