A Complete Guide to Cloud Computing Services and Key Questions Answered
What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computing services — including servers, storage, database, networking, software, a broad set of application services, and other IT resources over the Internet (“the cloud”). A cloud services provider owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for these application services, while you provision and use what you need via a web application.
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It works with pay-as-you-go pricing, so you pay only for what you use. It helps to lower operating costs, run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale as your business needs change.
Whether you are using it to run simple applications or to support business-critical operations, a cloud services platform provides rapid access to flexible and low cost IT resources.
How Does Cloud Computing Work?
In today’s world, Cloud technology is a trending buzzword among business environments, from startup to well-established organizations, and enterprises that have already started using cloud computing. Rather than owning their own computing infrastructure or data centers, companies can rent access to anything from applications to storage from a cloud service provider. Instead, they simply pay for what they use, when they use it. For small businesses, particularly, those savings are essential.
Leading Cloud Computing Vendors
Clearly, the three leading cloud computing vendors, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud hold a leading position among the many cloud companies. They are pioneers in IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, cloud-based data, and other key emerging enterprise technologies. Each has its strengths and weaknesses that make them ideal for different use cases. Due to the competition between them, the DevOps teams received very sophisticated, easy-to-integrate, fast and hi-end solutions. As the quality remains almost equal, the difference between leading cloud computing providers lies mostly in price and the number of options you get.
Author: Halyna Vilchynska — Marketing Lead at DevCom.
Originally published at DevCom Blog on June 15, 2019.
