CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING
Cloud computing
One of the more evocative labels for an IT delivery model – certainly more so than the utility computing label to which Cloud owes much of its heritage. However, like its rain-carrying namesake, Cloud computing can be difficult to describe, with many observers having their own perspective on what is, and what is not, Cloud. Many people use Cloud services without realising that they are doing so – iTunes, Facebook and Twitter are all examples of Cloud services. However, these are consumer Cloud services, aimed at individual users, and the security of such consumer services is not discussed within this book.
The purpose of this book is to help those organisations looking to implement Cloud ...
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