Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Cloud computing:

  • When the remote computers hosts data, software or both using the internet service to provide availability and scalability.
    • Availability refers to the resources that can be made accessible to the requestor of the resource at any time or from any location.
    • The resource can be made added or reduced whenever required.
  • The data centers can be rented by the customer and those customer pay for the resources they utilize.
  • Some of the service that cloud computing could offer includes:
    • “SaaS” stands for “Software as a Service”.
    • “PaaS” stands for “Platform as a Service”.
    • “IaaS” stands for “Infrastructure as a Service”.

Major technology that enables cloud computing:

  • The major technology that enables cloud computing is “virtualization”.
  • When a hardware and software are used in simulating other hardware resources is called as virtualization...

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