In this article, we will try to understand in simplest possible way; What is cloud? What are different cloud offerings? How does it work for you? Cloud computing constitutes a broad range of services. Web is the common thread between all of these. So something sitting on your desktop and able to operate on its own is not a cloud service. Key characteristics of a cloud based solution are: It is available on demand.It can be accessed through standard platforms like desktop, laptop, mobile. It can be used by multiple people. People can share resources. It can easily handle increase/decrease of user base. Solution can scale up/down easily. Billing for the service can be easily measured. There are different types of cloud computing services commonly classified as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). In a very simplistic explanation: SaaS – is software delivered over...
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