What is Cloud Computing? Introduction to Cloud Service Models

Grazed from TheGeekStuff. Author: Editorial Staff.

What is a Cloud? Depending on who you are talking to, you’ll get different answers to this question. A technically savvy end-user might define cloud as the ability to store and access personal or business data on-demand, over the internet, without having to store it locally.

A business might define cloud as an IT infrastructure that can be rented on-demand, instead of purchasing IT equipment to run their enterprise business applications. A stakeholder might define cloud as a flexible execution environment of resources involving one or more stakeholders and providing a metered service at multiple levels up to a specified quality benchmark…

A biologist might define cloud as small droplets of water combine to form a cloud. The traditional method of purchasing and deploying your own servers, storage and networking equipment at your datacenter might not be cost effective under certain circumstances. It is also not possible for start-ups to quickly build their own scalable IT infrastructure. Cloud computing comes to rescue under these situations…

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