Cloud Services

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There are three main types of cloud services; SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.

  1. SaaS, Software as a Service, provides already created applications as a remote service. Examples of SaaS would be Microsoft's hotmail or Google's gmail.
  2. PaaS, Platform as a Service, provides facilities for application design, development, testing and hosting. Examples of PaaS include Google?s AppEngine and Microsoft Azure.
  3. IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, provides hardware services like storage and virtual servers. Examples of IaaS would be Amazon and Rackspace (Wang 2010).

    4. With many different types of cloud services, a consumer is likely to find one that best fits their needs.