Hosting SAP Business One in the cloud is a logical step for forward-thinking businesses who want to set themselves up for strategic growth. One of the key decisions when deciding to go cloud-based however, is whether to use a hyperscaler or a private cloud? Read on to discover our six key reasons for using a hyperscaler to host SAP Business One.
What is a Hyperscaler?
The term 'hyperscaler' refers to global cloud hosting services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, which have datacentres around the world providing scalable and highly distributed hosting environments.
1. Scalability and Flexibility
Scalability and flexibility are key features of the hyperscaler cloud offering. These features allow businesses to scale their resources up, or down, due to fluctuations in demand.
2. Reliability and Disaster Recovery
AWS has datacentres distributed across multiple regions and availability zones, which provides geographic redundancy in the event of hardware failure or natural disaster. AWS commits to an uptime SLA of 99.9995%.
3. Advanced Security and Compliance
Hyperscalers invest billions into their security measures, including advanced encryption, multi-factor authentication, advanced threat detection using AI and state-of-the-art antivirus software.
4. Cost Efficiency
A main advantage of using a hyperscaler for cloud hosting is the pay-as-you-go pricing model, which turns their hosting overhead into an operational, rather than capital, expense.
5. Global Reach and Performance
Being deployed on a datacentre geographically closer to users ensures low latency and high performance. It also allows businesses to easily comply with data residency requirements.
6. Innovation and Access to Cutting-Edge Technologies
Hyperscalers are at the cutting edge of technological innovation and invest billions of dollars each year to stay at the forefront, continually investing in developing new services.
