Cloud is a new concept of networking based on something called as Virtualization. Using this concept of Virtualization to provide different kinds of services to Users, small scale to large scale companies.
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These services are mainly classified into,
1. SaaS -- Software as a Service
2. PaaS -- Platform as a Service
3. IaaS -- Infrastructure as a Service
4. HaaS -- Hardware as a Service
Cloud makes any service available online making users access everything that they need with few clicks.
To understand better, following is a youtube video from IBM's BlueMix Cloud. You can watch this video and see that its so simple to have your own site created on a server to which you can choose hardware configurations.
Enjoy the Video from IBM BlueMix -- CLICK HERE
Also refer to Wiki link for more details and History -- Click Here
Happy Learning.
Comments
how much difference cloud is making as compare to cluster and grid?
Cloud and Cluster and Grid are completely different concepts. You can have Clusters and Grids on Cloud.