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Cloud Computing

Template

Please complete the two sections below to demonstrate your understanding of


Cloud Computing.
Microsoft Intern Program

Section 1

Glossary of terms

Please create a ‘glossary of terms’ for the key terminology needed to hold a credible
conversation about Cloud Computing:

Term Definition
Artificial intelligence The capability of a computer system to imitate human
(AI) intelligence. Using math and logic, the computer system simulates
the reasoning that humans use to learn from new information and
make decisions.
Business analytics tools Tools that extract data from business systems and integrate it
into a repository, such as a data warehouse, where it can be
analyzed. Analytics tools range from spreadsheets with
statistical functions to sophisticated data mining and
predictive modeling tools.
Business intelligence Tools that process large amounts of unstructured data in books,
(BI) tools journals, documents, health records, images, files, email, video,
and so forth, to help you discover meaningful trends and identify
new business opportunities.
Cloud A metaphor for a global network, first used in reference to the
telephone network and now commonly used to represent the
Internet.
Cloud bursting A configuration that’s set up between a private cloud and a public
cloud. If 100 percent of the resource capacity in a private cloud is
used, then overflow traffic is directed to the public cloud using
cloud bursting.
Cloud computing A delivery model for computing resources in which various
servers, applications, data, and other resources are integrated
and provided as a service over the Internet. Resources are
often virtualized.
Database sharing A type of partitioning that lets you divide your large database into
smaller databases, which can be managed faster more easily
across servers.
Hybrid cloud A cloud that combines public and private clouds, bound together
by technology that allows data and applications to be shared

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between them. A hybrid cloud gives businesses greater flexibility


to scale up and down and offers more deployment options.
Infrastructure as a A virtualized computer environment delivered as a service
service (IaaS) over the Internet by a provider. Infrastructure can include
servers, network equipment, and software. Also called
hardware as a service (HaaS).
Microsoft Azure The Microsoft cloud platform, a growing collection of integrated
services, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform
as a service (PaaS) offerings.
Middleware Software that lies between an operating system and the
applications running on it. It enables communication and data
management for distributed applications, like cloud-based
applications, so, for example, the data in one database can be
accessed through another database. Examples of middleware are
web servers, application servers, and content management
systems.
Platform as a service A computing platform (operating system and other services)
(Paas) delivered as a service over the Internet by a provider. An
example is an application development environment that you
can subscribe to and use immediately. Azure offers PaaS.
Private cloud Services offered over the Internet or over a private internal
network to only select users, not the general public
Public cloud Services offered over the public Internet and available to anyone
who wants to purchase them.
Serverless computing A computing model in which the cloud provider provisions and
manages servers. It enables developers to spend more time
building apps and less time managing infrastructure.
Software as a service An application delivered over the Internet by a provider. Also
(SaaS) called a hosted application. The application doesn’t have to be
purchased, installed, or run on users’ computers. SaaS providers
were previously referred to as ASPs (application service providers).
Virtual machine A computer file (typically called an image) that behaves like an
actual computer. Multiple virtual machines can run
simultaneously on the same physical computer.
Visualization

Section 2

Benefits
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Please state the key benefits of Cloud Computing:


 COST
Cloud computing eliminates the capital expense of buying hardware and software and
setting up and running on-site datacenters—the racks of servers, the round-the-clock
electricity for power and cooling, and the IT experts for managing the infrastructure.
It adds up fast.
 Speed
Most cloud computing services are provided self service and on demand, so even vast
amounts of computing resources can be provisioned in minutes, typically with just a
few mouse clicks, giving businesses a lot of flexibility and taking the pressure off
capacity planning.
 Global scale
The benefits of cloud computing services include the ability to scale elastically. In
cloud speak, that means delivering the right amount of IT resources—for example,
more or less computing power, storage, bandwidth—right when they’re needed, and
from the right geographic location.
 Productivity
On-site datacenters typically require a lot of “racking and stacking”—hardware setup,
software patching, and other time-consuming IT management chores. Cloud
computing removes the need for many of these tasks, so IT teams can spend time on
achieving more important business goals.
 Performance
The biggest cloud computing services run on a worldwide network of secure
datacenters, which are regularly upgraded to the latest generation of fast and efficient
computing hardware. This offers several benefits over a single corporate datacenter,
including reduced network latency for applications and greater economies of scale.
 Reliability
Cloud computing makes data backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity easier
and less expensive because data can be mirrored at multiple redundant sites on the
cloud provider’s network.
 Security
Many cloud providers offer a broad set of policies, technologies, and controls that
strengthen your security posture overall, helping protect your data, apps, and
infrastructure from potential threats.

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