Types of cloud and its services

Cloud computing is divided into four and they are as follows - public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud and community cloud (plus, 2013). This differentiation is based on the location of where the cloud services are utilised. Let’s start with public, which means that anyone can utilise the services offered in this type of cloud and it is less expensive than a private cloud but will be more vulnerable to attacks by hackers. Private cloud is something that has limited access and the services can only be utilised by people or organisation that payed for it .This is expensive but safer than public cloud. Then there is the Hybrid which technically uses public type for less secured tasks and private for secured tasks thus helps an organisation or individual to reduce the expense as well as balance the computing process. Community cloud is basically is a type in which everything is shared between a community and this can be a government organisation as well as people in a certain location. 3 types of services offered by cloud are infrastructure, platform and software. Infrastructure provides the basis for storage through virtual servers to store and retrieve data. Platform helps to run an operating system and develop new utilities. The software helps organisations to use the applications online on a pay as u use basis rather than buying a full version. Now we know what it offers well let’s see what it’s good at and not so good at.

References

plus, (2013). Types of Cloud Computing Explained | Global Dots. Global Dots - CDN, Security and Performance Solutions. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://www.globaldots.com/cloud-computing-types-of-cloud/