What is cloud computing?

Each person is talking about “the cloud”. But what does it mean?

Cloud computing is the next stage in the Internet's evolution, providing the means through which everything - from computing power to computing infrastructure, applications, business processes to personal co partnership - can be distributed to you as a facility anywhere and every time you need.

What is Cloud Computing?

Business applications are moving to the cloud. It’s not just a fashion—the shift from old-style software models to the Internet has gradually increased impetus over the last 10 years. Looking ahead, the next era of cloud computing promises new ways to cooperate in all places, through mobile devices.

The “cloud” in cloud computing can be well-defined as the set of hardware, networks, storage, services, and interfaces that combine to deliver features of computing as a service. Cloud services comprise the distribution of software, infrastructure, and storage over the based on user request.

Cloud computing has four vital features: elasticity and the ability to scale up and down, self-service provisioning and automatic provisioning, application programming interfaces (APIs), billing and metering of service usage in a pay-as-you-go model. This flexibility is what is charming individuals and trades to change to the cloud.

Life earlier cloud computing

Old-style business applications have always been very complex and cheap. The expanse and variety of hardware and software mandatory to run them are daunting. You need a whole team of experts to install, configure, test, run, secure, and update them.

When you multiply this work across lots or hundreds of apps, it’s easy to see why the leading companies with the best IT divisions aren't getting the apps they need. Small and mid-sized businesses don’t stand a chance.

Cloud computing: a healthier technique

With cloud computing, you remove those headaches because you’re not managing hardware and software—that’s the duty of a knowledgeable dealer like Microsoft. The shared infrastructure means it works like a utility: You only pay for what you need, upgrades are automatic, and scaling up or down is easy.

Cloud-based apps can be up and running in days, and they cost less. With a cloud app, you just open a browser, log in, customize the app, and start using it.

Businesses are running all kinds of apps in the cloud, like customer relationship management (CRM), HR, accounting, and much more. Some of the world’s major companies moved their applications to the cloud with cloud service providers after thoroughly testing the security and dependability of their infrastructure.

As cloud computing raises in popularity, thousands of firms are simply re-branding their non-cloud products and services as “cloud computing.” 

Remember: Cloud computing is existing in different forms: public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds, which combine both public and private.

 Posted by Prashant K Neelratan