A Study on Classifications of Cloud

Abstract

“The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we’ve redefined cloud computing toinclude everything that we already do.” - Larry EllisonCloud computing is an emerging field that is expected to change the entire informationtechnology processes and IT market in the future. It is changing how we develop, deploy, anduse the information technology and the infrastructure that it runs on. Cloud Computing canbe defined as Internet-based computing in which virtually shared servers that are data centersprovide software, platform, infrastructure, policies and many resources.Clouds can be classified in various types: Public, Private, Hybrid and Virtual Private. In thispaper we will understand the Different Classifications of Clouds – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS – Public,Private, Community, Hybrid and also match Cloud Providers to Our Needs – Amazon, Google,Microsoft.