The document provides an overview of cloud computing, including:
- A definition of cloud computing as the migration of computing services from on-premises datacenters to remote systems located on the internet where customers pay for only the resources they consume.
- Descriptions of the essential characteristics of cloud computing including on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service.
- Explanations of the three cloud service models of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
- Details of the four cloud deployment models of private, public, community, and hybrid clouds.
- Discussions of the advantages of cloud computing such as cost