Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Provides the hardware platform or data center, and the company installs and manages its own operating systems and application systems. Provides computing resources

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Provides the hardware platform or data center and the software running on the platform

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Provides the entire solution. This includes the operating system, infrastructure software the application

Private Cloud

Solution owned and managed by one company solely for that company’s user

Public Cloud

Solution provided by a third party. Offloads the details to the third party, but gives up some control and can introduce security issues

Hybrid Cloud

Some combination of private and public. Only use the facilities of the provider, but manage data yourself.

Rapid Elasticity

Automatic allocation of computing resources in proportion with the demand

Resource Pooling

Grouping together computing resources and making them available

On Demand Self Service

Control the volume and type of computing resources

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Replaces manual configuration of hardware with automatic deployment through code

DaaS (Desktop as a Service)

Cloud computing offering virtual desktop infrastructure deployment