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Benefits of Cloud Computing

• Elasticity: Start small and scale as needed.
• Cost-efficiency: No need to spend money on data centers.
• No capacity guessing: Scale automatically based on demand.
• Economies of scale: Benefit from AWS’s vast infrastructure.
• Agility: Deploy resources quickly.
• Global Reach: Go international within minutes.

Deployment Models in the Cloud

• IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service):

  • Virtual machines, storage, networks
  • e.g., Amazon EC2.

• PaaS (Platform as a Service):

  • Managed environments for building apps
  • e.g., AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

• Cloud Services#Selling Your Service (Software as a Service):

  • Full applications delivered over the internet
  • e.g., Gmail.

Deployment Strategies of Cloud Computing

• On-Premises (Private Cloud): Owned and operated on-site.
• Public Cloud: Fully hosted on cloud provider infrastructure.
• Hybrid Cloud: Combines on-premises and cloud resources.

Cloud Providers Comparison

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