Cloud Infrastructure Service
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A Cloud Infrastructure Service is a cloud computing service that provides a software infrastructure component.
- AKA: IaaS.
- Context:
- It can be: Hardware as a Service, Storage as a Service, Database as a Service (such as a DW DB service), ...
- It can support a Virtual Private Cloud Service (for virtual private clouds).
- It can (typically) be provided by an IaaS Provider.
- It can (typically) be used by an IaaS User.
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- Example(s):
- an AWS IaaS Service, such as AWS EC2 and AWS Redshift.
- an Google Computing Platform Service, such as GCP BigQuery.
- an Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform.
- an Oracle Database as a Service.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Computer Network, Hybrid Cloud.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing#Infrastructure_as_a_service_(IaaS) Retrieved:2014-10-4.
2012
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IaaS#Infrastructure
- QUOTE: Cloud infrastructure services, also known as "infrastructure as a service" (IaaS), deliver computer infrastructure – typically a platform virtualization environment – as a service, along with raw (block) storage and networking. Rather than purchasing servers, software, data-center space or network equipment, clients instead buy those resources as a fully outsourced service. Suppliers typically bill such services on a utility computing basis; the amount of resources consumed (and therefore the cost) will typically reflect the level of activity.