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Monday, April 11, 2011

Cloud Computing, Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4- THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GOING TO THE CLOUD

Cloud Computing Services


Infrastructure as a service, where you are using the cloud provider's machines, meaning you are using a virtualized server and running software on it.

Amazon EC2-
Provides resizable computing capacity in the cloud, and allows easy obtaining and configuration. Amazon makes it cheap by only charging you for the capacity you use. Improvements include load balancing, auto-scaling, monitoring, and management console.

GoGrid-
Windows and Linux cloud based server hosting and allows for quick and easy creation, deployment, load balancing and managing of window's and linux cloud servers.

Platform as a service, building applications and having them hosted by the cloud provider.

RightScale-
near infinite scalability of cloud computing to deploy their applications on supported cloud servers.

Salesforce.com-
Force.com-on demand platform, provides the framework for  creating user experiences and creating new interface designs.

Software as a service,  cloud providing the software you want to use, provides the application for you.
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