Cloud, Storage, Super Computing

What is Cloud Computing?

Video—An exploration and explanation about the article “How Cloud Computing Works” written by Jonathan Strickland. Completed by Olivia Parker for MT8425. Created using PowToon.

Computing as a service over the Internet (Cloud)

  • Cloud computing, often referred to as simply “the cloud,” is the delivery of on-demand computing resources—everything from applications to data centers—over the Internet on a pay-for-use basis.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

  • Cloud-based applications—or software as a service—run on distant computers “in the cloud” that are owned and operated by others and that connect to users’ computers via the Internet and, usually, a web browser

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

  • Platform as a service provides a cloud-based environment with everything required to support the complete lifecycle of building and delivering web-based (cloud) applications—without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware, software, provisioning and hosting.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  • Infrastructure as a service provides companies with computing resources including servers, networking, storage and data center space on a pay-per-use basis.
Source—IBM Cloud

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