CHAPTER 1
Cloud Computing Concepts, Models, and Terminology
In this chapter, you will learn about
• Cloud service models
• Cloud deployment models and services
• Cloud characteristics and terms
• Advanced cloud services
Moving some or all of an organization’s infrastructure to the cloud provides a number of benefits to that organization, including power savings, on-demand storage, ease of administration, ability to pay for only the resources it uses, and a metered environment that can offer almost 100 percent uptime if included in the service level agreement (SLA)—a costly undertaking when provided by the organization itself. An SLA is a contract between a cloud service provider (CSP) and a cloud consumer that formally defines the ...
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