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Nukala Gopala Krishna Murthy
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Modern businesses rely on IT infrastructure to operate and manage their IT environments. An IT infrastructure consists of hardware, software, and network components that improve communication and allow organizations to deliver resources. There are two main types - traditional infrastructure kept on-premises, and cloud infrastructure hosted externally. Setting up the right IT infrastructure is important for meeting business goals, increasing productivity and profitability.

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23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 1/18 Modern business is impossible to run without a convenient and flexible IT infrastructure. Properly set and networked, technologies can improve back-office operations, increase productivity, and make communication easier. Information technology infrastructure or IT infrastructure refers to components required to operate and manage business IT environments. IT infrastructure can be used to deliver services or resources within an organization, or externally to organization's customers. Carefully implemented IT infrastructure helps businesses meet goals and even increase profit. IT infrastructure offers: The good user experience by providing smooth access to the company’s product Real-time data exchange Increase in employees’ productivity Established cross-functional and interpersonal communication Customer satisfaction and better overall performance What Are the IT Infrastructure Components? Define it infrastructure Katherine Orekhova Cleveroad Blog Client Guides What Is an IT Infrastructure? [A Beginner’s Guide] Updated 25 Apr 2022 8 Min 5566 Views Copywriter
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 2/18 IT infrastructure components stand for a combination of hardware, software, and networks. The system is designed to improve communication between components, linking devices to printers, desktops to networks, and servers to the cloud. There are a lot of ways to deploy, organize, and integrate components of information technology infrastructure. Below you can find the components of typical IT infrastructure. H What is an IT infrastructure? Hardware
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 3/18 re ph co of in Th a de PC se So fo us co in pu pr to An sy m be Software
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 4/18 im of Th re m sy re ha Ne en co be el an to In co fir se Network
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 5/18 Types of IT Infrastructure: Traditional vs. Cloud All the components mentioned above are associated with the traditional infrastructure. This model is commonly used by enterprise companies and managed within their facilities. Put simply, those companies have data centers where they store and process information. There is also a cloud IT infrastructure. It’s similar to the traditional model, but cloud IT infrastructure tends to be more scalable. Traditional IT Infrastructure The traditional IT infrastructure usually consists of hardware and software components like servers, desktop computers, enterprise software solutions, and more. Servers are typically run and installed on-premises to provide employees access to the required information and applications. The development team requires more power and space to integrate traditional infrastructure. In most cases, traditional IT infrastructure is more expensive to set up and support. You need to buy Want to build an IT infrastructure? Discuss your options with our tech experts Contact us
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 6/18 costly equipment and allocate resources for maintenance. The system has to be upgraded regularly to scale up data storage or other services to support more users. Traditional IT infrastructure tends to be the most secure data hosting solution. It offers full control over your company’s apps and data. When to choose traditional IT infrastructure? You have an in-house IT department to install and maintain hardware. What is traditional IT infrastructure?
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 7/18 Your company works with software development and needs to update various software solutions regularly. Your team runs different types of applications. Cloud IT Infrastructure Cloud computing gains popularity due to its convenience. What does cloud IT infrastructure mean? Instead of having physical hardware, all servers, software, and networks are hosted in the cloud. So rather than spending money on buying physical servers in-house, you can rent the data storage from cloud computing providers like Amazon paying for it on a pay-per-use basis. Cloud-based apps have the following characteristics: The app’s data is stored in a cloud infrastructure. So, there are minimum requirements for devices to run the application. It’s possible to store the data on the device. It allows the app to work offline. However, once the device is online again, the app will be updated automatically. As a result, all the information will be uploaded to the cloud. Customers can use the app from any device. All the information is stored in the cloud, so users can continue working on any device. I’ve already touched upon cloud-based app development, covering tech-challenges and steps to take.
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 8/18 There are several differences between traditional and cloud IT infrastructure. Cl pr of sc co to IT What is cloud IT infrastructure? Scalability
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 9/18 in Cl co ha st an se re po sc do se de yo co re an go Sp ab tra in yo ha re yo ca fa so bu an se Th di be an Automation
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 10/18 IT in is m Ch clo yo al ha se to pr Ho m se ve alw co co se Th to pr m el po co se ris se an de m in in co tim m
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 11/18 Cl co te co in co to tra in Pi IT in yo fo yo ac Tr in re bu m du se yo pu of an ad se A lot of cloud providers (like AWS, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean) are ready to give you hardware, networking, hard drives, storage, and servers. The more data centers the provider has, the better your app performance will be. For example, global providers locate their servers to offer users the same page loading speed despite their location. It’s also a common practice to use content delivery networks (CDN) to speed up delivery. They’re often a part of cloud app infrastructure. Costs
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 12/18 IT Infrastructure Management IT organizations have already developed methodologies and frameworks for managing IT infrastructure. There are three primary practices to discuss — ITOM, ITSM, and ITAM. IT Operational Management or ITOM ITOM refers to the set of tools and processes that help maintain IT infrastructure. This practice also ensures that the chosen IT infrastructure is available, reliable, and effective on behalf of the business. ITOM has various functions like network asset discovery, operational intelligence and data collection, network event management, orchestration, and cloud management. IT Service Management or ITSM ITSM refers to all the activities involved in designing, creating, delivering, supporting, and managing the lifecycle of IT services. IT service management is intended to enable and maintain optimal deployment, operation, and management of every single IT resource for every user in the extended enterprise. IT Asset Management or ITAM ITAM is responsible for lifecycle management for IT infrastructure, both hardware and software. It usually consists of three parts: At Cleveroad, we help our customers to create and implement cloud IT infrastructure. Take a look at how we created and configured AWS server architecture for Occaz, a French service for buying used cars safely.
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 13/18 Financial. The primary goal of ITAM is to optimize IT expenses. It means implementing cost- effective IT infrastructure, ensuring that new investments are required and cost-justified. Inventory. It means that managers control and oversight IT infrastructure. As a result, it’s possible to make thoughtful decisions when investing in IT infrastructure. Contractual. Managers oversee software license agreements, cloud service agreements, and other contracts related to IT infrastructure. What Is Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS? IaaS means that a service provider manages your business's infrastructure — servers, network, visualization, and storage via a public or private cloud. As a business owner, you can access the infrastructure using an API or admin panel. You can also manage operating systems and apps while providers (like AWS or Microsoft Azure) give you hardware, networking, hard drives, storage, and servers. IaaS has various advantages: Usage-based price. You pay only for necessary and used services. Reduced capital expenditures. IaaS usually requires a monthly payment. Increased security. IaaS providers invest in security to offer better services. Simple access. you can access the server only by having an Internet connection.
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 14/18 How Cleveroad Can Help You Cleveroad is a professional software development company from Central Europe. Since 2011, we've been helping businesses of all kinds implement cloud IT infrastructure. We offer full-cycle DevOps services and help you: Create, adjust, support, and optimize integration and code delivery tools (Jenkins, Bamboo) Interact with Version Control Systems (Gitlab, Github, Bitbucket) What is Infrastructure as a Service?
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 15/18 Automate processes by creating scripts or using specific technologies like Ansible Administrate cloud platforms (AWS) Optimize a cloud IT infrastructure Integrate a required technology into a company’s IT processes Frequently Asked Questions What is an IT infrastructure? What are IT infrastructure components? What are the different types of IT infrastructure? How to manage IT infrastructure? Got questions? Schedule a consultation with our team to get consulted about your IT infrastructure. Schedule now
23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 16/18 Rate this article! 4453 ratings, average: 4.70 out of 5 Latest articles The Full Guide To On Demand App Development Remote Patient Monitoring: An Integral Part of the Telehealth Industry No comments yet. Give us your impressions about this article. Leave comment
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  • 2. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 2/18 IT infrastructure components stand for a combination of hardware, software, and networks. The system is designed to improve communication between components, linking devices to printers, desktops to networks, and servers to the cloud. There are a lot of ways to deploy, organize, and integrate components of information technology infrastructure. Below you can find the components of typical IT infrastructure. H What is an IT infrastructure? Hardware
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  • 5. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 5/18 Types of IT Infrastructure: Traditional vs. Cloud All the components mentioned above are associated with the traditional infrastructure. This model is commonly used by enterprise companies and managed within their facilities. Put simply, those companies have data centers where they store and process information. There is also a cloud IT infrastructure. It’s similar to the traditional model, but cloud IT infrastructure tends to be more scalable. Traditional IT Infrastructure The traditional IT infrastructure usually consists of hardware and software components like servers, desktop computers, enterprise software solutions, and more. Servers are typically run and installed on-premises to provide employees access to the required information and applications. The development team requires more power and space to integrate traditional infrastructure. In most cases, traditional IT infrastructure is more expensive to set up and support. You need to buy Want to build an IT infrastructure? Discuss your options with our tech experts Contact us
  • 6. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 6/18 costly equipment and allocate resources for maintenance. The system has to be upgraded regularly to scale up data storage or other services to support more users. Traditional IT infrastructure tends to be the most secure data hosting solution. It offers full control over your company’s apps and data. When to choose traditional IT infrastructure? You have an in-house IT department to install and maintain hardware. What is traditional IT infrastructure?
  • 7. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 7/18 Your company works with software development and needs to update various software solutions regularly. Your team runs different types of applications. Cloud IT Infrastructure Cloud computing gains popularity due to its convenience. What does cloud IT infrastructure mean? Instead of having physical hardware, all servers, software, and networks are hosted in the cloud. So rather than spending money on buying physical servers in-house, you can rent the data storage from cloud computing providers like Amazon paying for it on a pay-per-use basis. Cloud-based apps have the following characteristics: The app’s data is stored in a cloud infrastructure. So, there are minimum requirements for devices to run the application. It’s possible to store the data on the device. It allows the app to work offline. However, once the device is online again, the app will be updated automatically. As a result, all the information will be uploaded to the cloud. Customers can use the app from any device. All the information is stored in the cloud, so users can continue working on any device. I’ve already touched upon cloud-based app development, covering tech-challenges and steps to take.
  • 8. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 8/18 There are several differences between traditional and cloud IT infrastructure. Cl pr of sc co to IT What is cloud IT infrastructure? Scalability
  • 9. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 9/18 in Cl co ha st an se re po sc do se de yo co re an go Sp ab tra in yo ha re yo ca fa so bu an se Th di be an Automation
  • 10. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 10/18 IT in is m Ch clo yo al ha se to pr Ho m se ve alw co co se Th to pr m el po co se ris se an de m in in co tim m
  • 11. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 11/18 Cl co te co in co to tra in Pi IT in yo fo yo ac Tr in re bu m du se yo pu of an ad se A lot of cloud providers (like AWS, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean) are ready to give you hardware, networking, hard drives, storage, and servers. The more data centers the provider has, the better your app performance will be. For example, global providers locate their servers to offer users the same page loading speed despite their location. It’s also a common practice to use content delivery networks (CDN) to speed up delivery. They’re often a part of cloud app infrastructure. Costs
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  • 13. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 13/18 Financial. The primary goal of ITAM is to optimize IT expenses. It means implementing cost- effective IT infrastructure, ensuring that new investments are required and cost-justified. Inventory. It means that managers control and oversight IT infrastructure. As a result, it’s possible to make thoughtful decisions when investing in IT infrastructure. Contractual. Managers oversee software license agreements, cloud service agreements, and other contracts related to IT infrastructure. What Is Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS? IaaS means that a service provider manages your business's infrastructure — servers, network, visualization, and storage via a public or private cloud. As a business owner, you can access the infrastructure using an API or admin panel. You can also manage operating systems and apps while providers (like AWS or Microsoft Azure) give you hardware, networking, hard drives, storage, and servers. IaaS has various advantages: Usage-based price. You pay only for necessary and used services. Reduced capital expenditures. IaaS usually requires a monthly payment. Increased security. IaaS providers invest in security to offer better services. Simple access. you can access the server only by having an Internet connection.
  • 14. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 14/18 How Cleveroad Can Help You Cleveroad is a professional software development company from Central Europe. Since 2011, we've been helping businesses of all kinds implement cloud IT infrastructure. We offer full-cycle DevOps services and help you: Create, adjust, support, and optimize integration and code delivery tools (Jenkins, Bamboo) Interact with Version Control Systems (Gitlab, Github, Bitbucket) What is Infrastructure as a Service?
  • 15. 23/06/2022, 07:34 What Is an IT Infrastructure? Types and Components https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/what-is-it-infrastructure/ 15/18 Automate processes by creating scripts or using specific technologies like Ansible Administrate cloud platforms (AWS) Optimize a cloud IT infrastructure Integrate a required technology into a company’s IT processes Frequently Asked Questions What is an IT infrastructure? What are IT infrastructure components? What are the different types of IT infrastructure? How to manage IT infrastructure? Got questions? Schedule a consultation with our team to get consulted about your IT infrastructure. Schedule now
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