Cloud computing is a session to provide hosting services over the Internet. These resources include applications and tools like Networking, Servers, Storage, databases, and Software. Cloud computing is a general choice for businesses and people choose Cloud Computing for various reasons like speed, efficiency, performance, increased productivity, and security.
Services of Cloud Computing
The services provided by Cloud Computing.
- Software-as-a-Service(SaaS)
- Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS)
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Only with the help of an internet connection, SaaS provides computer applications and computing software to organizations to its users without even installing it in the system. The users are required only to sign up and can implement the products that are required. SaaS can replace the traditional installation of the software on the system this is one of the important advantages of SaaS Service. The important advantage of SaaS Service
Examples of SaaS
- Salesforce
- Cisco WebEx
- Concur
- Citrix
- Google Apps
- workday
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Paas provides a perfect platform for organizations and their users. The features of PaaS include databases, Operating systems, and Web Servers. Developers use this model regularly. If the developers need to design applications or software which demands high cost and computational powered machines, those developers need to spend less money on software. They need to switch to Cloud Computing services and use its platforms for better performance.
Example of PaaS
- Beanstalk,
- Microsoft Azure,
- Heroku,
- AWS Elastic
- force.com.
Infrastructure as a service
IaaS is a self-service model, Here the Cloud Service provider permits the organizations and users to handle their complete computing infrastructure including networking hardware, server storage, and virtualized environment like a hypervisor that is traditionally present in the cloud service provider’s data center.
Example of IaaS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform(GCP)
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon Web Service (AWS)