| By :
Dirik Hameed
Cloud computing (CC) facilitates quick deployment and easy access to computer servers for web hosting and many other applications. Once users try it, they find it easy to answer: How flexible is cloud hosting? In a words, a cloud server is very flexible. In its most common usage, CC is a generic term for anything that involves delivering web hosting services over the Internet. It is a cost-effective, quick and easy. It essential five properties are as follows. First, uk cloud hosts provide on-demand self-service. Next, it allows broad network access. Third, CC creates efficient resource pooling. Fourth, it allows rapid elasticity or scalability. Finally, CC allows the take-up of service on a measured basis in line with user growth. Any Web-enabled device with connectivity to the Internet may be used for CC. Users, for example, may remotely perform word processing in a Word.doc file. They may work on an Excel spreadsheet. They can store and access MP3 or image files. They can even play video games using CC. All the required data and software is centrally stored. As an analogy, some people prefer to occasionally charter (rent) a yacht for a weekend or vacation period rather than incurring the cost of buying and maintaining it throughout the year. Their decision to lease rather than buy is driven by their expected low utilization of the asset. CC serves a similar purpose in the IT market. Any computer desktop, notebook, tablet, mobile phone or other Web-enabled device connected to the Internet may be used to access applications and files through CC. Users may remotely perform word processing in the form of a report, press release or any other kind of Word.doc. They may remotely work an Excel workbook (spreadsheet). They may also remotely store and access MP3, still image (photography), moving image (videos), and bookmark files. They can play video games. All data is centrally stored, eliminating the need to carry a memory storage medium such as a USB flash drive or DVD. As an example, applications that connect to Internet-host email providers may be thought of as a form of CC, including web-based email services (such a Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail). Next, on platform services, CC provides a facility to launch application software. This is a vital resource for software development and hence critical to software developers. CC services provide both a computing platform and a so-called solution stack. A computing platform is a general term that refers to a combination of hardware and software configuration. The two in combination allows the software to launch and run. A typical platform might include basic computer architecture, operating system, programming languages, related graphical user interfaces, and so on. For a user, this service facilitates the purchase and installation of applications without the additional cost and complexity of purchasing and operating any necessary hardware and software layers. The provision of computing platform services via the cloud is often called platform as a service (PaaS). At its most basic, a platform is a place to launch and sustain software applications. It is a critical resource for the process of software development and hence software developers. CC services deliver the platform and solution stack. A computing platform is a generic term that includes the combination of some hardware configuration together with a software framework. Finally, from a software perspective, CC differs from a conventional client-server computer network design since it allows users to access required software that resides on a remote server via their web browser over the Internet. The CC design does not require an installed client version of the software application. Centralization is a key feature of cloud servers.
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