Why Cloud Computing?
Why Cloud Computing?
Why Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go
pricing. Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centers and servers, you can
access technology services, such as computing power, storage, and databases, on an as-needed
basis from a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Cloud computing decreases the hardware and software demand from the user’s side. The only
thing that user must be able to run is the cloud computing systems interface software, which can
be as simple as Web browser, and the Cloud network takes care of the rest. We all have
experienced cloud computing at some instant of time, some of the popular cloud services we
have used or we are still using are mail services like gmail, hotmail or yahoo etc.
1. Private Cloud: Here, computing resources are deployed for one particular organization.
This method is more used for intra-business interactions. Where the computing resources
can be governed, owned and operated by the same organization.
2. Community Cloud: Here, computing resources are provided for a community and
organizations.
3. Public Cloud: This type of cloud is used usually for B2C (Business to Consumer) type
interactions. Here the computing resource is owned, governed and operated by
government, an academic or business organization.
4. Hybrid Cloud: This type of cloud can be used for both type of interactions - B2B
(Business to Business) or B2C ( Business to Consumer). This deployment method is
called hybrid cloud as the computing resources are bound together by different clouds.
Different business use some or all of these components according to their requirement.
SaaS or software as a service is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by
a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network (internet). SaaS is
becoming an increasingly prevalent delivery model as underlying technologies that supports
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) or Web Services. Through internet this service is
available to users anywhere in the world.