The cloud offers numerous capabilities and benefits that meet business and computing challenges across a range of small and medium size businesses. Though, all clouds share the following:
Key Characteristics
Pooled computing resources
Agile provisioning of resources
Rapid allocation of resources
Major Layers
Software-as-a-Service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Platform-as-a-Service
Deployment Models
Public cloud
Private cloud
Hybrid cloud
Emerging Channel Ecosystems
Cloud Builder
Cloud Provider
Cloud Reseller