A Brief Introduction to Cloud

Computing
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 Foreword
● IT is a fast-changing industry. Cloud computing has been developing rapidly in
recent years and has become the foundation of a wide range of major
applications. So, what is cloud computing? How has it evolved to what it is today?
This chapter will offer you a brief introduction to the history and present of cloud
computing.

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 Objectives
● Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
🞐 Describe what cloud computing is.
🞐 Describe the history of cloud computing.
🞐 List a few use cases of cloud computing.
🞐 Describe the characteristics of cloud computing.

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 Contents
1. Cloud Computing Is Already Here
2. Cloud Computing Advantages
3. Cloud Computing Definition
4. Origin and Development of Cloud Computing
5. Cloud Computing Models

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 What Can Cloud Computing Do?

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 You May Be Using the Cloud Already

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 Contents
1. Cloud Computing Is Already Here
2. Cloud Computing Advantages
3. Cloud Computing Definition
4. Origin and Development of Cloud Computing
5. Cloud Computing Models

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 Cloud Computing Advantages

Buy

1. On-demand self-service 2. Broad network access

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 Cloud Computing Advantages

3. Resource pooling

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 Cloud Computing Advantages

L: 1.3 m, Φ: 1 m

L: 1 m, Φ: 0.7 m

L: 0.71 m, Φ: 0.5 m

4. Rapid elasticity 5. Measured service

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 Contents
1. Cloud Computing Is Already Here
2. Cloud Computing Advantages
3. Cloud Computing Definition
4. Origin and Development of Cloud Computing
5. Cloud Computing Models

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 Cloud Computing Definition
● The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines cloud
computing as follows:
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand
network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g.,
networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly
provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider
interaction.

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 Why the Term “Cloud Computing”?
● The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet. It is an abstraction of the Internet and
the infrastructure that underpins it. Computing refers to computing services
provided by a sufficiently powerful computer capable of providing a range of
functionalities, resources, and storage. Put together, cloud computing can be
understood as the delivery of on-demand, measurable computing services over
the Internet.

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 Contents
1. Cloud Computing Is Around Us
2. Cloud Computing Advantages
3. Cloud Computing Definition
4. Origin and Development of Cloud Computing
5. Cloud Computing Models

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 A Brief History of the Internet

1989 2014
The browser alliance led by
The first commercial
Google reinforced support for
1969 network operator 1990 HTTPS.
PSINet was founded.
ARPANET was born. The first network
1986 search engine Archie 2004
was launched. Facebook was founded. With
The modern email
it came the phenomenon of
1981 routing system MERS 1991
The complete specifications TCP/ social networking.
was developed.
IP WWW was officially
of the TCP/IP protocol suite
were established.
1984 open to the public. 2000
DNS technology was The dotcom bubble burst.
1983 introduced. 1995
ARPANET, PRNET, and
E-commerce platforms
SATNET communicated
such as Amazon and
through TCP/IP.
eBay were created.

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 A Brief History of Computing
Problem Instructions
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Part 1 Instructions
Job SubJob2
Part 2 Instructions
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Part 3 Instructions
Parallel Distributed SubJob3
Part 4 Instructions Computing Computing
Grid Cloud
Computing computing

Job Job Job Job

Job

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 Cloud Computing Evolution
Cloud computing 2.0

Cloud computing 1.0 Cloud computing 3.0

Software-defined, integration

Computing virtualization OpenStack

Cloud native, app redesign
VMware AWS
Hyper-V Docker
Xen KVM CoreOS
VMware ESX Cloud Foundry
Cloud-based infrastructure
Standardization and automation of resource
Virtualization services Cloud-native applications

Higher resource utilization Agile application development and

lifecycle management

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 Contents
1. Cloud Computing Is Around Us
2. Cloud Computing Advantages
3. Cloud Computing Definition
4. Origin and Development of Cloud Computing
5. Cloud Computing Models

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 Cloud Deployment Models

Hybrid cloud

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 Cloud Deployment Models

Transportation Financial Healthcare

cloud cloud cloud

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 Cloud Service Models
Traditional IaaS PaaS SaaS

Applications Applications Applications Applications Applications

In-house
Data Data Data Data Data

In-house
Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime
environment environment environment environment environment

Cloud service provider

Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware

Cloud service provider

In-house
OS Software OS OS OS OS

Cloud service provider

Virtualization Platform Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization

Compute Compute Compute Compute Compute

resources resources resources resources resources
Storage Infrastructure Storage Storage Storage Storage
resources resources resources resources resources
Network Network Network Network Network
resources resources resources resources resources

Layers Cloud service models

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 Quiz
1. Which of the following services offered by HUAWEI CLOUD (public cloud) falls into the
category of SaaS services?
A. Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)
B. Facial recognition
C. Elastic Volume Service (EVS)
D. Object Storage Service (OBS)

2. The measurable service characteristic of cloud computing means that users pay for how
long and how much they use the cloud service.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

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 Summary
● Describe what cloud computing is.
● Describe the brief history of cloud computing.
● List a few use cases of cloud computing.
● Describe the characteristics of cloud computing.

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 Recommendations
● Huawei e-Learning website:
🞐 http://support.huawei.com/learning/Index!toTrainIndex

● Huawei Support case library:

🞐 http://support.huawei.com/enterprise/servicecenter?lang=en

● HCIA-Cloud Computing v4.0 online forum

🞐 https://forum.huawei.com/enterprise/en/Huawei-Official-Communication-Channel-
HCNA-Cloud-Certification-Course/thread/456287-911

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