13 Define Cloud Computing and its five characteristics
Hello students, So far in Unit 2, we introduced the evolution of computing starting from enterprise computing to internet computing to saas computing to cloud computing. We understood a little how SOA architecture that utilizes services helps to integrate different applications together. We encountered such integration in our assignment where we brought together three different microservices together even though they were loosely coupled. Cloud has been using the Service Oriented computing architecture everywhere. Now the rest of the unit 2, we will dig deeper into understanding Cloud Computing We begin with the definition of Cloud Computing. There are more than one way, people define Cloud Computing. Sometimes I say, its like renting a hardware and software over internet at anytime, anywhere. Definition of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous ( it means anywhere on any device ), convenient ( means it is easy to use ), on-demand network access ( means ...