Defining the Cloud

Introduction

Let us start with understanding what the cloud is all about. Going to the cloud means that resources are owned and managed by a third-party provider rather than the end-user. Therefore, we do not have to worry about hard drives, main-frames, or any hardware and software.

Cloud definition

Cloud computing is defined as a model for convenient on-demand network access to shared pools of configurable computing resources, enabling ubiquitous that can be released with minimal management effort and rapidly provisioned and or service provider interaction.

Features of cloud computing

Features of cloud computing are as follows :