5. The Evolution of Cloud Computing Cloud Computing – Leveraging the Power of the Cloud! The term “Cloud” - Refers to the Cloud Symbol that was used to denote the demarcation point from a customer’s network to their provider’s network J ohn McCarthy – “computation may someday be organized as a public utility.” Gartner Dataquest – “To shape the relationship among consumers of IT services” and observed that “Organizations are switching from company owned hardware and software assets to per-use service-based models”
7. How is Cloud Computing Being Used Today? Cloud Computing – Leveraging the Power of the Cloud! The major cloud service providers include Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft and Google. Cloud Computing is also being used to deliver traditional applications such as SPAM Filtering, Anti-Virus, Mail Archiving and Backup.