CLOUD COMPUTING

An emerging IT delivery model—Cloud Computing—can significantly reduce IT costs & complexities while improving workload optimization and service delivery. Cloud computing is massively scalable, provides a superior user experience, and is characterized by new, internet-driven economy.


The much talked about Cloud Computing promises to change the way Information Technology people look at delivering IT and the way people perceive it.

The name Cloud Computing was inspired by the symbol that’s often used to represent the internet in flow charts and diagrams. Cloud Computing is a general term used for anything involves delivering hosted services over the internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service, Software-as-a-Service. A cloud service has three different characteristics that differentiate it from traditional hosting. It is sold on demand, typically by the minute or the hour it is elastic-a user can have as much or as little of a service as they want at any given time. The service is fully managed by the provider and the consumer needs nothing but a computer and internet access. Significant innovations in virtualizations and distributed computing, improved access to high speed internet and a weak economy, have accelerated interest in Cloud Computing.