Cloud Computing Concepts

Articles discussed: Cloud Computing – Concepts, Architecture and Challenges Authors: Yashpalsinh Jadeja and Kirit Modi What Cloud Computing Really Means Authors: Eric Knorr and Galen Gruman Cloud Computing: A Perspective Study Authors: Lizhe Wang, Gregor von Laszewski, Marcel Kunze and Jie Tao Topics covered: What is cloud computing? Cloud computing architecture SaaS, PaaS and IaaS HaaS and DaaS Public, private and hybrid cloud Scalability and flexibility On-demand cloud resources Virtualisation Benefits of cloud computing Security, privacy and reliability challenges My overall learning from the three articles This presentation explains the main ideas from each article using simple explanations and focuses on what I learned from the readings.