Cloud computing is the natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, service-oriented architecture, autonomic and utility computing. Computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location or configuration of the system that delivers the services. The details of which are abstracted away from end-users, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them. It describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on Internet protocols, and typically involves provisioning of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources..
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