Cloud Computing

DEFINITION

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provide to computers and devices on demand.

Cloud computing is a paradigm shift following the shift to mainframe to client-server in the early 1980s.

CHARACTERISTIC

• On-demand self-service
• Rapid elasticity
• Pay per use
• Location independent resource pooling

DEPLOYMENT MODELS

• Public Cloud
• Community Blog
• Hybrid Cloud

EXAMPLE 

• Facebook
• Yahoo Mail
• Google Mail

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REFERENCE

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing 
• http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031