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Agatha Mendonça
Agatha Mendonça

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What is cloud computing?

Once upon a time, when the internet was created, companies how what have their websites online should have a physical infrastructure that takes space. They are also expensive, giving the companies a hard time when they want to scale their serves.

While more companies want to join the world wide web, the need for servers hoe take less space and don't cost so much to be implemented surge, and companies were AWS, Azure, and Google cloud start offer servers that other companies can use on they need this is called cloud computing.

They have servers with remote access that companies can pay only when they use, removing the need for companies to keep a structure on their builds. For this reason, companies of all sizes now can have their systems online even if they don't have an actual office.

Cloud computing turned the internet into a more accessible place for small companies making it shipper and fast to create a server infrastructure while giving all companies more possibilities. It is possible to create identical environments for test and production and provide accessible support for growth and expansion.

Types of cloud computing

There are three main types of cloud computing when we talk about the service model: Infrastructure as a service, Platform as a service, and Software as a service.

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS): Typically contains essential for cloud, has dedicated or virtual hardware, data storage, and virtual systems. Giving the user more control and flexibility.

Platform as a service (PaaS): Give access to hardware and operations systems that allow the client to focus on the application since it takes care of the server's capacity software license, providing all the support for a web application.

Software as a service(SaaS): Provides a complete application managed for the service provider. They are end-user applications, excluding the worry about running or handling them.

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