1.

A cloud service provider, or CSP, is an IT company that provides on-

demand, scalable computing resources like computing power, data storage,
or applications over the internet. Typically, cloud-based service models are
defined as IaaS (infrastructure as a service), PaaS (platform as a service), or
SaaS (software as a service).

2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) provides a runtime environment. It allows

programmers to easily create, test, run, and deploy web applications.

3. Trade fixed expense for variable expense – Instead of having to invest

heavily in data centers and servers before you know how you’re going to use
them, you can pay only when you consume computing resources, and pay
only for how much you consume.

 Benefit from massive economies of scale – By using cloud computing, you

can achieve a lower variable cost than you can get on your own. Because
usage from hundreds of thousands of customers is aggregated in the cloud,
providers such as AWS can achieve higher economies of scale, which
translates into lower pay as-you-go prices.

4. Downtime is often cited as one of the biggest cloud computing

disadvantages. Since cloud computing systems are internet-based, service
outages are always an unfortunate possibility and can occur for any reason.
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