1.

Cloud service providers are a third-party company that provides scalable computing resources
that businesses can access on demand over a network, including cloud-based computer,
storage, platform, and application services.
2. Platform as a Service or PaaS is a cloud computing model where a third-party provider delivers
hardware and software tools to users over the internet.
3. Some benefits to cloud Computing are, speed to market, developing in the cloud enables users
to get their applications to market quickly and data security: hardware failures do not result in
data loss because of networked backups.
4. A disadvantage when it comes to cloud computing is that it is highly dependent on the Internet.

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