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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud generally implies a few distinguishing features such as hourly utility billing and no long term commitments, rapid elas
by jread 15y ago
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud generally implies a few distinguishing features such as hourly utility billing and no long term commitments, rapid elasticity (provision/de-provision in minutes, not hours) and usually (but not always - there are bare metal clouds) virtualization. People often refer to software as a service (SaaS) as cloud, which I think is where it starts getting very ambiguous (i.e. is any hosted web application in the cloud???)
- watty 15y agoI used to fight it but it's a lost cause. The cloud is officially a buzzword and can be used to describe any hosted solution.
- richardw 15y agoSame. Anything that isn't actually solely nailed down to your own hard drive is now 'cloud'. I think we need to find terms that marketers don't get excited by, and thus won't 'embrace and extend' to fit their needs.