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Tanks in the cloud.

The article focuses on computing clouds and the extent of its use as a global utility. Cloud computing, software as a service or SaaS, platform as a service or PaaS, and infrastructure as a service or IaaS are discussed. A study on the size of Amazon.com's cloud is mentioned. Amazon.com's annual rev...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 398; no. 8714; pp. 49 - 51
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 1/1/2011
Materias:
Cloud computing
Utilities (Computer programs)
Technological innovations & economics
Amazon.com Inc.
Corporate finance
Web services
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Sumario:The article focuses on computing clouds and the extent of its use as a global utility. Cloud computing, software as a service or SaaS, platform as a service or PaaS, and infrastructure as a service or IaaS are discussed. A study on the size of Amazon.com's cloud is mentioned. Amazon.com's annual revenues from cloud-computing services are noted.