General Cloud-Computing Platform
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A General Cloud-Computing Platform is a Cloud Computing Platform.
- Context:
- It can (typically) offer a range of Cloud Services, including:
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), providing virtualized computing resources over the internet.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS), offering hardware and software tools over the internet, usually for application development.
- Software as a Service (SaaS), delivering software applications over the internet, on a subscription basis.
- Database as a Service (DBaaS), enabling users to use cloud databases without managing the underlying infrastructure.
- Function as a Service (FaaS), allowing users to execute code in response to events without managing server infrastructure.
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- It can (typically) offer a range of Cloud Services, including:
- Example(s):
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally.
- Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing service for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offering a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products.
- IBM Cloud, providing a suite of cloud computing services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, across public, private, and hybrid deployment models.
- Oracle Cloud, offering a comprehensive cloud computing service with applications, platform, and infrastructure offerings designed to support various business needs.
- Alibaba Cloud, a leading cloud service provider in Asia, providing a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to businesses globally.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Niche Cloud Platform, which relies on local hardware and software without utilizing cloud-based services.
- Traditional Data Center, where organizations use their own facility to host and manage IT infrastructure, as opposed to outsourcing to cloud service providers.
- See: Cloud-Computing Strategy, Software-As-A-Service, Cloud Data Storage Service, Collocation Service, Virtualization, Cloud Service Model.