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COMMON CLOUD SERVICES & BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING

NOTE : the term 'Cloud Computing' can be used to refer to all categories

The Cloud Provider can have hundreds of cloud services.
In this topic i'll mention the four common types of cloud services for
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) :

  1. Compute : Imagine having a virtual computers that can runs your application, program and code.

  2. Storage : It is like having a virtual hard-drive that can store files.

  3. Networking : Imagine having virtual network being able to define internet connection or Network Isolation.

  4. Database : Imagine having a virtual Database for storing reporting data on a Database for general purposes web-application.

GOOD TO KNOW : WHAT DOES AZURE MEANS? "BRIGHT BLUE COLOR OF THE CLOUDLESS SKY"

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING

  1. Cost-Effective : You pay for what you consume, there is no up-front cost, Pay-as-you-Go (PAYG). Also sharing the cost with hundreds of customers makes it cheaper.

  2. Global : Launch Workloads ANYWHERE in the world, just choose the region.

  3. Secure : Cloud Provider takes care of the Physical Secure, The cloud service can be secure by default, or you have the ability to configure access down to granular level.

  4. Reliable : Data Backup, Disaster recovery, and data replication, fault tolerance.

  5. Scalable : Increase or decrease the resources and service based on demand.

  6. Elastic : Automate scaling during spikes and drop demand.

  7. Current : The underlying hardware and managed softwareis patched, upgraded and replaced by the cloud provider without interruption for you.

Next topic will be about Types of cloud computing, essential information for beginners.

Hope you enjoyed, have a great day <3

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