Cloud Overview

The Cloud and Cloud Services are similar to pay-as-you-go, on-demand mobile phone services. Services are provisioned, used, and deactivated at will.

The model that most providers offer is analogous to what the utility companies offer. You pay for what you use. You are billed on a second-by-second basis. Understanding this basic principle is at the heart of designing and building services in the cloud.

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