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The document provides an overview of cloud computing, describing it as a global network of remote servers that operate as a single ecosystem. It outlines key characteristics, service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), deployment models (private, community, public, hybrid), benefits such as cost savings and scalability, and challenges including security and lack of standards. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of cloud accessibility and the evolving nature of user requirements.

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The document provides an overview of cloud computing, describing it as a global network of remote servers that operate as a single ecosystem. It outlines key characteristics, service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), deployment models (private, community, public, hybrid), benefits such as cost savings and scalability, and challenges including security and lack of standards. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of cloud accessibility and the evolving nature of user requirements.

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Cloud

Overview

Team Emertxe
Cloud
Overview

The cloud is a metaphor for a global network of remote servers


that operates as a single ecosystem,
commonly associated with the Internet
Source: Microsoft Azure
Cloud
Overview

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Not a physical entity, but instead is a vast network of
remote servers around the globe which are hooked
together and meant to operate as a single ecosystem
●
These servers are designed to either store and manage
data, run applications or deliver content or a service such
as streaming videos, web mail, office productivity
software or social media
●
Instead of accessing files and data from a local or
personal computer, you are accessing them online from
any Internet-capable device—the information will be
available anywhere you go and anytime you need it
Cloud
Characteristics
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Shared Infrastructure:
Uses a virtualized software model, enabling the sharing of physical services,
storage, and networking capabilities
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Dynamic Provisioning:
Allows for the provision of services based on current demand requirements
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Network Access:
Needs to be accessed across the internet from a broad range of devices such
as PCs, laptops, and mobile devices, using standards-based APIs (for
example, ones based on HTTP)
●
Managed Metering:
Uses metering for managing and optimizing the service and to provide
reporting and billing information. In this way, consumers are billed for
services according to how much they have actually used during the billing
period.
Cloud
Service Models
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SaaS: Software as a Service
Ability to access and use an application or service that is hosted in
the cloud
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PaaS: Platform as a Service
Ability purchase access to the platforms, enabling them to deploy
their own software and applications in the cloud.
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IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service
Ability to control and manage the systems in terms of the operating
systems, applications, storage, and network connectivity, but do not
themselves control the cloud infrastructure
Cloud
Deployment Models
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Private Cloud
The cloud infrastructure has been deployed, and is maintained and
operated for a specific organization
●
Community Cloud
The cloud infrastructure is shared among a number of organizations
with similar interests and requirements
●
Public Cloud
The cloud infrastructure is available to the public on a commercial
basis by a cloud service provider
●
Hybrid Cloud
The cloud infrastructure consists of a number of clouds of any type,
but the clouds have the ability through their interfaces to allow data
and/or applications to be moved from one cloud to another
Cloud
Benefits
●
Cost Savings:
Reduces capital expenditures and use operational expenditures for
increasing computing capabilities
●
Scalability/Flexibility:
Can start with a small deployment and grow to a large deployment
fairly rapidly, and then scale back if necessary. Also, the flexibility
of cloud computing allows us to use extra resources at peak times,
to satisfy consumer demands
●
Reliability:
Services using multiple redundant sites can support business
continuity and disaster recovery
Cloud
Benefits
●
Maintenance:
Cloud service providers do the system maintenance, and access is
through APIs that do not require application installations onto PCs,
thus further reducing maintenance requirements
●
Mobile Accessible:
Mobile workers have increased productivity due to systems
accessible in an infrastructure available from anywhere
Cloud
Challenges
●
Security and Privacy:
Perhaps two of the more “hot button” issues surrounding cloud computing
relate to storing and securing data, and monitoring the use of the cloud by
the service providers. These issues are generally attributed to slowing the
deployment of cloud services
●
Lack of Standards:
Clouds have documented interfaces; however, no standards are associated
with these, and thus it is unlikely that most clouds will be interoperable
●
Continuously Evolving:
User requirements are continuously evolving, as are the requirements
for interfaces, networking, and storage
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Compliance Concerns:
There are no clear mentioned compliance on type of data and
application for which the cloud is used
References
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https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/overview/what-is-the
-cloud/
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Dialogic, Introduction to Cloud Computing, White Paper
Thank You

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