Cloud Computing Overview

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What is Cloud Computing?

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The delivery of on-demand computing services, from applications to storage and processing power, typically over the internet and on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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Examples of Cloud Computing Services

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Email, Drive storage, Databases, Word processing.

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What is Cloud Storage?

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Allows you to save data and files in an off-site location that you access either through the public internet or a dedicated private network connection.

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Examples of Cloud Computing Companies

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Zoom, Slack, IBM, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Dropbox.

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Benefits of Cloud Computing

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Scalability, Affordability, Ease of collaboration, Better Storage, Disaster Recovery.

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Describe IaaS

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Infrastructure as a Service, examples include AWS (Amazon), iCloud (Apple), Rackspace, IBM.

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Describe PaaS

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Platform as a Service, examples include WinAzure, AWS Beanstalk, Google App Engine.

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What is Serverless Computing?

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App functionality without managing servers, related to PaaS.

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Describe SaaS

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Software as a Service, examples include MS Office 365, Google Suite.

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Roles in Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing Customer, Cloud Service Provider, Cloud Services Partner.