Cloud offers - from raw infrastructure to complete business processes , and can be purchased through web interfaces and turned on and off as they per need (in nuttshell Pay -per - use , just like we pay for utilities). Only thing you need is a computer and internet connection.
Types of Cloud Services -
- Web-based cloud services.
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
- IaaS (Infrastructure as Service) / Platform as a Service.
- Utility cloud services
- Managed services
- Customer can bypass the expense and lead time of buying, installing,operating, maintaining and upgrading the networks and
- Instead of licensing software, users tap into a service when it’s needed for as long as it’s needed.
- Little or no capital investment.
- Variable pricing based on your consumption.
- Storage is be limitless
- Processing power is immense as a result of Infinitely scalability.
- With security polices in place , Information/data security is no longer a major issue.
Though cloud is really good for startups/Smaller companies and offers a tremendous amount of resources that otherwise would be cost-prohibitive for them , at least at the initial investment phase , even big organizations that has fire power to spent thousands-million dollor to maintain their infrastructure can use cloud for new initiatives or pursuing innovation , without spending huge amount .
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