Capterra Glossary
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) lets SMBs rent computing resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. These resources include:
Servers
Storage systems
Networks
Data centers
IaaS vendors often provide these resources via the cloud. Businesses don't have to install or manage the technology to perform day-to-day IT tasks; the service provider takes care of maintenance, data security, and upgrades on their behalf. Businesses, however, still need to manage their operating systems and the amount of data they use.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
IaaS lets SMBs across industries get more value from IT. For most SMBs, using this solution can work out cheaper than buying hardware such as servers and storage systems; IaaS also helps organizations that lack the time or resources to manage those resources.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy