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What is Cloud Computing?

One of the hottest trends in small business and enterprise-sized IT is cloud computing. Cloud computing represents a major shift in the way companies view their technology infrastructure. This type of approach to IT relies on the Internet, and usually involves provisioned, scalable, dynamic and virtual solutions. Cloud computing pulls the details of IT infrastructure management away from the business and puts it squarely in the hands of true experts. The Internet is at the core of the concept of cloud computing, and it is the Internet that the term "cloud" refers to. This type of solution gives business application service online via a web browser or, in some cases, a client application. The software and data are stored on servers not on site, but out on the Internet. There are three general categories of services offered in cloud computing, and they have to do with the type of solution provide. They are Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), an...