11 Facts About Cloud services

Cloud services computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user.

Cloud services computing extended this boundary to cover all servers as well as the network infrastructure.

Cloud services providers manage the infrastructure and platforms that run the applications.

Cloud services users do not manage the cloud infrastructure and platform where the application runs.

Cloud services applications differ from other applications in their scalability—which can be achieved by cloning tasks onto multiple virtual machines at run-time to meet changing work demand.

Cloud services bursting is an application deployment model in which an application runs in a private cloud or data center and "bursts" to a public cloud when the demand for computing capacity increases.

Cloud services bursting enables data centers to create an in-house IT infrastructure that supports average workloads, and use cloud resources from public or private clouds, during spikes in processing demands.

Cloud services engineering is the application of engineering disciplines of cloud computing.

Cloud services computing poses privacy concerns because the service provider can access the data that is in the cloud at any time.

Cloud services computing is cheaper because of economics of scale, and—like any outsourced task—you tend to get what you want.

Cloud services computing has some limitations for smaller business operations, particularly regarding security and downtime.