!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a type of [Internet]-based computing that provides shared computer processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. 


Best definition of [Cloud] or [{$pagename}]: "Other people's computers"

[{$pagename}] is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., computer [networks], [servers], [DataStore], [applications] and [services]), which can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort.

[{$pagename}] and [Cloud] [Data Store Service] solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their [data] in [third-party] [Data Centers] that may be located far from the user–ranging in distance from across a city to across the world. 

[{$pagename}] relies on sharing of [resources] to achieve [coherence] and economy of scale, similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over an electricity network.

Advocates claim that [{$pagename}] allows companies to avoid upfront infrastructure costs (e.g., purchasing servers). As well, it enables organizations to focus on their core businesses instead of spending time and money on computer infrastructure.

Proponents claim that [{$pagename}] allows enterprises to get their [applications] up and running faster, with improved manageability and less maintenance, and enables Information Technology (IT) teams to more rapidly adjust resources to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand.

[{$pagename}] providers typically use a "pay as you go" model.

[{$pagename}] are usually classified into one or more of the [Cloud Services Models]

!! Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing
Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing a [2009|Year 2009] defined [{$pagename}] as:

[{$pagename}] refers to both the [applications] delivered as [services] over the [Internet] and the hardware and systems software in the [Data Centers] that provide those services. The services themselves have long been referred to as [Software as a Service] ([SaaS]). The datacenter hardware and software is what we will call a [Cloud]. When a [Cloud] is made available in a pay-as-you-go manner to the general public, we call it a [Public Cloud]; the service being sold is Utility Computing. \\
We use the term [Private Cloud] to refer to internal datacenters of a business or other organization, not made available to the general [public]. \\

Thus, [{$pagename}] is the sum of [SaaS] and [Utility Computing], but does not include Private Clouds. People can be users or providers of SaaS, or users or providers of Utility Computing. We focus on SaaS Providers (Cloud Users) and Cloud Providers, which have received less attention than SaaS Users.

!! [{$pagename}] Components
Most [{$pagename}] [Service Providers] provide at Least the first Two:
* [Computing Service]
* [Data Store Service]
* [Big data] [Service]
* [Machine Learning] [Service]

!! [{$pagename}] [Service Providers]
* [Google Cloud Platform]
* [Amazon Web Services]
* [Azure]

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing|https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-28.pdf|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-02-13-