Cloud Computing enables simplified functionality of infrastructure and platforms used in IT and IT-enabled industries, so that the end-users can avail what they want and pay only for the service they use.
It can be characterized as Internet-based computing in which many remote servers are networked to enable shared data-processing ventures, centralized knowledge storage, and access to services or resources online. The term ‘Cloud Computing’ is relatively new but unknowingly, we have been engaging the cloud since 1996, when Hotmail and other Web-based emails gained popularity.
The impact that cloud computing has had on the data industry and end-users in general is difficult to overstate. Many aspects of everyday life have been altered and transformed by this innovative digital solution.