Cloud Computing Info

So what is cloud computing? Defining the term “cloud computing” has become an industry unto itself. Is it utility computing? Is it an application service provider’s offering? Is it virtual machines in the sky? All of these are correct depending on who you ask.

Core features of cloud computing are scalable, centrally managed and accessible via the internet. Cloud computing boils down to running software on someone else’s robust hardware in a data center somewhere else. Let’s think about that for a minute: someone else’s software on someone else’s hardware in someone else’s data center.