ITM 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Platform As A Service, Software As A Service, Runtime Library

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 301
• Professor: Nurul Huda

Document Summary

Cloud computing: flexible provision of data storage, applications and services to multiple clients over a network. Can provide virtual desktops; operating environments hosted virtually. Developers can load any kind of software on the servers and test it from afar. Cloud services provider can make sure the development servers are secure and regularly backed up. Most cloud service providers use virtualization software to supply multiple platforms to multiple users. Cloud computing service models are categorized by the types of services provided: Os, runtime libraries or modules the os provides to applications, and the hardware on which the os runs.