{"id":133,"date":"2015-04-09T10:23:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T10:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=133"},"modified":"2017-01-24T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:39:17","slug":"what-is-cloud-computing-a-complete-explainer-article-with-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/what-is-cloud-computing-a-complete-explainer-article-with-video\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Cloud Computing &#8211; A complete explainer article with Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cloud Computing Explained<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing has a\u00a0great\u00a0impact and buzz on the internet. Cloud is a technology that offers internet businesses to pay for IT services as per usage model. It has no flat fee as compared to other legacy computing platforms. With cloud services you could expand and shrink your IT infrastructure on the fly as per your business application needs. This is the most powerful feature that separates\u00a0cloud computing from legacy hosting services. According to predictions,\u00a0the global market for cloud equipment will reach $79 billion (with a B) by the year 2018.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Cloud Computing Tutorial for Beginners - 1 | What is Cloud Computing? | AWS Tutorial | Edureka\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LICA-ILkO4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing uses\u00a0virtualization\u00a0to extract\u00a0maximum power out of existing hardware.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0cluster of servers\u00a0is deployed\u00a0in a way that users could make number of virtual machines and resources as per demand. Cloud computing uses multiple data centers and hardware distributed across the different networks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Cloud technology:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/iaas-saas-paas-e1428574710899.png\" alt=\"Cloud Computing Explained\" width=\"800\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/iaas-saas-paas-e1428574710899.png 800w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/iaas-saas-paas-e1428574710899-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/iaas-saas-paas-e1428574710899-512x180.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>IaaS\u00a0(Infrastructure as a service)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IaaS\u00a0acts like legacy hosting services with a few differences. In this model, you\u00a0buy\u00a0certain hardware specifications, such as web space, CPU and RAM\u00a0on a monthly basis. Consumers pay charges per bandwidth unit. The service provider is responsible to install and\u00a0keep up\u00a0the hardware where the end-user pay the charges as per usage model.<\/p>\n<p>IaaS\u00a0is comparable to a\u00a0typical virtual server. The user has to do installation and configuration of the server such as installation and configuration of OS and applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>SaaS (Software as a service)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this type of cloud service, the consumer uses the application as per demand.<\/p>\n<p>In a typical web hosting service, the consumer purchases the software and installs it on his own server with certain features and limits applied to it. However in a SaaS model, consumers rent out the applications installed on the provider infrastructure and pays for the application usage only.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great features of\u00a0SaaS model is that it is super easy to manage, as all users will have the same versions of the software with auto updates and patching. All\u00a0is done by the\u00a0cloud computing providers and you have no worries to fix the bugs or\u00a0troubleshoot the software. \u00a0Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Google are using SaaS technology to run their businesses. The consumer does not pay for the hardware required to run an application.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PaaS\u00a0(Platform as a Service)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>PaaS is a type of cloud computing that enables the user to develop the internet applications by providing the development platform. This cloud service offers all the tools required to create the software and applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Infrastructure as \u00a0a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon: <\/strong>Amazon cloud is a popular example of an IaaS type of cloud service. Amazon users can deploy a virtual server and run it within minutes without worrying about configurations and licenses. Cloud services are a bit different to\u00a0use versus\u00a0regular hosting. You can check the amazon tutorial to know the insight information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Azure: <\/strong>Azure is a Microsoft based infrastructure cloud computing platform. Azure has a good documentation available to start an\u00a0account. Azure has a great compatibility with Microsoft development tools such as .Net applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Software as a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mozy<\/strong> is an example of a SaaS model, as it offers cloud storage. At\u00a0Mozy, you\u00a0will be charged\u00a0as per usage. You can increase or decrease the space on the fly and payment\u00a0will be deducted\u00a0accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Google Drive and Dropbox<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dropbox, Google Drive and\u00a0OneDrive\u00a0sync are a few popular examples of SaaS computing. You could easily store and share your important data online with these famous cloud computing applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Platform as a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google App : <\/strong>Google app engine is primarily a Java supported cloud along with other languages. Developers use eclipse IDE to use the app engine.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud developers use\u00a0Exo\u00a0IDE to deploy the application on a cloud platform. You can find many tutorials about the Google app engine, eclipse IDE and\u00a0Exo-cloud\u00a0on the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudbees : <\/strong>Cloudbees\u00a0is a popular example of platform as services. Cloudbees\u00a0supports Java, PHP,\u00a0ROR,\u00a0Mysql,\u00a0MongoDB\u00a0with a limited storage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appfog : <\/strong>Appfog\u00a0is another\u00a0PaaS example online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brought to you by ProlimeHost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been in the web hosting industry for ten years, helping hundreds of clients succeed in what they do best and that\u2019s running their business. 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