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Cloud Computing
- cloud computing is a distributed computing environment that enables the users to access and
exchange their resources (applications and data) remotely and provides services to use the remote
hardware and software within a network without the knowledge of technological infrastructure
Software as a service (SaaS)
- is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes
them available to customers over the Internet.
- A service provider hosts the application at its data center and a customer accesses it via a
standard web browser

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or hardware as a service (HaaS).

- a service model that delivers computer infrastructure on an outsourced basis to support
enterprise operations.
- provides virtualized computing resources (i.e provides hardware, storage, servers and data
center space or network components; and may also include software.)over the internet

Platform as a Service (PaaS) or application platform as a Service (aPaaS) or platform base

service
- Provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the
complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure necessary for development and
launching of an application.
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