By Dibyadip Das

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

y The cloud is a computing service that charges you

based only on the amount of computing resources we use. y Pay as you go .

Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of :

y Virtualization y service-oriented architecture y autonomic, and y utility computing..

Details are abstracted from end-users, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them

What Is Cloud Computing??

Broadly, it is combination of three Computing concepts :  Grid Computing-Cluster of loosely coupled computers for a common cause  Utility Computing-Packaging of computer resources as a metered  Service Autonomic Computing-Capable of self management

Key Characteristics y Agility y Cost y Device and y Reliability y Scalability y Security y location y independence y Multi tenancy y Sustainability

Basic Components of Cloud Computing

1)Clients 2)Services 3)Application 4)Platforms 5)Storages 6)Infrastructure

Cloud Computing Architecture

Cloud architecture, the systems architecture of the software

systems involved in the delivery of cloud computing, typically involves multiple cloud components communicating with each other over a loose coupling mechanism such as a messaging queue.

Cloud engineering is the application of engineering disciplines to cloud computing. It brings a systematic approach to the high level concerns of commercialization, standardization, and governance in developing, operating and maintaining cloud computing systems.

It is a multidisciplinary method encompassing contributions from diverse areas such as systems, software, web, performance, information, security, platform, risk, and quality engineering.

Cloud Computing Architecture 1)Software as a Service 2)Platform as a Service 3)Infrastructure as a Service These 3 services encapsulate the basic 6 Cloud Computing Components

Software as a Service
Software as a service features a complete application offered as a service on demand. A single instance of the software runs on the cloud and services multiple end users or client organizations. Eg: salesforce.com , Google Apps

Platform as a Service
Platform as a service encapsulates a layer of software and provides it as a service that can be used to build higher-level services. Two Perspectives for Platform as a Service 1. Producer:- Someone producing Platform as a Service might produce a platform by integrating an OS, middleware, application software, and even a development environment that is then provided to a customer as a service.

2.Consumer:Someone using Process as a Service would see an encapsulated service that is presented to them through an API. The customer interacts with the platform through the API, and the platform does what is necessary to manage and scale itself to provide a given level of service

Infrastructure as a Service
Infrastructure as a service delivers basic storage and computing capabilities as standardized services over the network.

Cloud Computing Types

Public Clouds

A public cloud is one based on the standard cloud computing model, in which a service provider makes resources, such as applications and storage, available to the general public over the Internet. Public cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.

Private Clouds

Private cloud is infrastructure operated solely for a single organization, whether managed internally or by a third-party and hosted internally or externally. They have attracted criticism because users "still have to buy, build, and manage them" and thus do not benefit from lower up-front capital costs and less hands-on management, essentially "[lacking] the economic model that makes cloud computing such an intriguing concept".

Hybrid Clouds
Hybrid cloud is a composition of two or more clouds (private, community, or public) that remain unique entities but are bound together, offering the benefits of multiple deployment models. It can also be defined as multiple cloud systems that are connected in a way that allows programs and data to be moved easily from one deployment system to another.

https://skydrive.live.com/

What is it?
It can run your web applications on Google s infrastructure and easy to scale for traffic and data storage

Features
dynamic web serving, persistent storage, automatic scaling

Application environment
Java Python

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. announced on June 6, 2011 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) .
www.icloud.com

iCloud = o o o o o o Contacts Mail Calendars Apps Books Backups

 The service allows users to store data such as music files on remote computer servers for download to multiple devices such as iOS-based devices, and personal computers running Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows.  It also replaces Apple's MobileMe service, acting as a data syncing center for email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, and other data.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud

IBM cloud computing consists of cloud computing solutions for enterprises, offered by the global information technology company

http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS

y Cloud Computing holds a lot of promise and we

believe that it is likely to be a major influence on hosting and application development.

y SmarterTools is preparing all of our products for

potential Cloud compatibility in the future because we have confidence that the incumbent issues will be satisfactorily resolved as this new technology matures.

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