
142 Essentials of Cloud Computing
pay-per-use basis. Pervasive computing helps cloud computing by providing
the ability to access the cloud resources anytime, anywhere and also through
any device. Pervasive computing provides the necessary features such as
ubiquitous computing, storage and archiving, social community–based
applications, and business as well as nonbusiness applications in order for
cloud computing to gain its full potential. Cloud computing is typically a
client-server architecture, where the client can be any portable device like a
laptop, phone, browser, or any other OS-enabled devices [49]. A main issue
with these portable ...