CHAPTER 14
CLOUD COMPUTING ELEMENTS
14.4 Cloud Computing: Legal Implication
14.5 Overview of Amazon Web Services
14.1 THE CLOUD
Cloud computing entails high scalable computing assets that are distributed and supplied by third party providers. These assets are accessed through the Internet on a pay-as-you-use basis. The major advantage is that buyers only use what they require and pay only for what they use. Consumers are not concerned about how the services are processed; they readily buy the needed IT service and use them. Cloud computing is also called ‘utility computing’ or ‘on-demand computing’.
The concept behind cloud computing is straight-forward: to establish the ...
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