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Accessing cloud resources

Accessing cloud resources

- [Narrator] For many of us, the cloud is a part of our everyday lives. In this segment, we'll review the different types of cloud services available for businesses and consumers. Today, the concept of cloud computing is pervasive as it's used by nearly everyone. Cloud computing is accessing network resources such as hardware and software services from a provider on the internet, while some services and data are accessed locally, for example, on your laptop many see the benefits of having access to data and services from anywhere in the world. Now there are three main types of cloud services infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service. So let's talk about each of these starting with infrastructure as a service. Now, this is used to supply a company with infrastructure needs, such as storage, computing and networking resources. Platform as a service is used by a company when you need to…

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