The term 'Cloud Computing' is one of the most eco slogans in technological expansion of recent times. Deliberately or accidentally, you will come across cloud storage and cloud computing in everyday life, as long as you are active in e-commerce domain.
To be more precise, the majority of people make use of various online video calling services such as Skype or could regularly access emails for business transactions and also for personal use through Gmail or Yahoo! Here, you access the data or resources that are lying on a cloud storage environment.
What is cloud computing?
In simple terms, cloud computing involves delivering hosted services such as compute resources or data storage capacity over the Internet. The end user only needs to have a computer and a high speed internet connection to connect to the cloud as they are shared services and resources.
The cloud, which opened the way for a paradigm shift to be introduced for the IT industry, is now widely used in many fields software as web-based services, on-demand games, platform as a service, etc. the cloud computing environment is very flexible as the applications or services are platform independent and also the storage location will be in the cloud, eliminating the need to assign specific hardware to a task.
These services are provided primarily in three forms such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). In IaaS, the end users pay for resources such as servers and other infrastructure for a period of time. In PaaS, the software platform or system is accessible from the cloud, and SaaS application software and databases are provided by the cloud service provider.
As a cloud helps in your online business?
The developments in the field of cloud computing and also the interest for this service is on a rapid growth path since it is used by small and large enterprises on a large scale. Unlike traditional web hosting services, cloud service is sold on request and can be treated as it is based on a subscription basis. This is very useful for SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) who can not afford to buy large amounts of storage space and hardware resources.
The cloud provider provides services and resources as per the demand of the users. It 'also very easy and quick to use, as SaaS in cloud computing eliminates the need to install software on your hardware. You can save a lot of money as the cloud offers scalability, allowing you to scale up or down, the use of resources or cloud data, according to your needs. It also requires less staff such as maintenance, hardware and software are quite minimal.
So these services look promising from every point of view, both for a large company or a small online business.
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