Services offered

The term cloud is used to describe a variety of service offerings from multiple providers. You could argue, in fact, that the term cloud doesn't actually mean anything specific in terms of the service that you're consuming. It is, in fact, just a term that means you are consuming an IT service from a provider. Be it an internal IT department in the form of a private cloud or a public offering from some cloud provider, a public cloud, or it could be some combination of both in the form of a hybrid cloud. So, then what are the services that cloud providers offer?

Virtualization and on-premises technology

Most business even in today's cloudy environment has some on-premises technology. Until virtualization became popular and widely ...

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