1. The Cloud is a set of services and technologies that enable the delivery of computing services over the Internet in real time, allowing end-users instant access to data and applications from PC or any other device with Internet access.
2. Cloud Computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility.
It's useful to categorize cloud offerings into some categories, such as software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and infrastructure-as-a-service. While, each of this services can be used individually or in combination with existing in-house infrastructure to help organizations increase revenue, lower costs and mitigate risks, many clouds can also be deployed in-house, referred to as "the private cloud".
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