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Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources like networks, servers, storage, and services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort. It relies on sharing of resources across a network to achieve coherence and economy of scale. Advocates claim that cloud computing allows companies to avoid upfront infrastructure costs and enables organizations to focus on their core businesses instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure. Cloud providers typically use a pay-as-you-go pricing model.

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Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources like networks, servers, storage, and services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort. It relies on sharing of resources across a network to achieve coherence and economy of scale. Advocates claim that cloud computing allows companies to avoid upfront infrastructure costs and enables organizations to focus on their core businesses instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure. Cloud providers typically use a pay-as-you-go pricing model.

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Cloud computing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cloud computing metaphor: For a user, the network elements representing the provider-rendered
services are invisible, as if obscured by a cloud.
Cloud computing is a type of Internet-based computing that provides shared computer
processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. It is a model for
enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources
(e.g., computer networks, servers, storage, applications and services),[1][2] which can be rapidly
provisioned and released with minimal management effort. Cloud computing and storage
solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in
third-party data centers[3] that may be located far from the userranging in distance from across a
city to across the world. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence
and economy of scale, similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over an electricity network.
Advocates claim that cloud computing allows companies to avoid upfront infrastructure costs
(e.g., purchasing servers). As well, it enables organizations to focus on their core businesses
instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure.[4] Proponents also claim that
cloud computing allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster, with improved
manageability and less maintenance, and enables Information Technology (IT) teams to more
rapidly adjust resources to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand.[4][5][6] Cloud
providers typically use a "pay as you go" model. This will lead to unexpectedly high charges if
administrators do not adapt to the cloud pricing model.[7]
In 2009, the availability of high-capacity networks, low-cost computers and storage devices as
well as the widespread adoption of hardware virtualization, service-oriented architecture, and
autonomic and utility computing led to a growth in cloud computing.[8][9][10] Companies can scale
up as computing needs increase and then scale down again as demands decrease.[11] In 2013, it
was reported that cloud computing had become a highly demanded service or utility due to the
advantages of high computing power, cheap cost of services, high performance, scalability,
accessibility as well as availability.

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