A cloud in which no resources are shared externally, everything is paid for and set-up up front
What is an External Cloud?
A cloud that is hosted externally through a commercial cloud service provider
What is a Metered Cloud?
A cloud service that is priced by usage, cost to upload, store, and download information
What is a Non-Metered Cloud?
A cloud service that is priced wholesale with no additional fees for usage
What are 3 major benefits of cloud computing?
Rapid Elasticity (Resources can be scaled up and down as needed), High Availability (Systems are redundant so as to be always accessible), File Synchronization (Information can be mirrored across cloud locations)
What is Desktop-as-a-Service?
DaaS allows users to control a virtual desktop interface (VDI) on a low-power device with network connection