A Deep Dive into Cloud
Technology
"Transforming the
Digital Landscape"
By: Harisankar Lal
XI B
Basic Questions
"What is cloud?"
"Where is the cloud?"
"Are we in the cloud now?!"
These are all questions you would have probably heard or
even asked yourself. The term "Cloud Computing" is
everywhere these days.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing
means storing and accessing computer resources
(such as servers, storage, databases, networking, software,
etc.) over the internet instead of your computer’s hard drive.
With Cloud Computing, users can access database
resources via the internet from anywhere for as long as
they need without worrying about any maintenance or
management of actual resources.
Why is it called "cloud"?
The term cloud is just a metaphor for the Internet or the network.
"The cloud" refers to a network of servers, often distributed across
multiple locations, that work together to provide various computing
services.
Applications such as e-mail, web conferencing, customer
relationship management (CRM), all run in cloud.
Some Examples
Email services Office productivity Storage services
Software
Milestones (In Cloud Computing)
1950s 1999 2009
It was a gradual In 1999, Salesforce.com In 2009, Google Apps also
evolution that started in started delivering of started to provide cloud
the 1950s with mainframe applications to users computing enterprise
computing. using a simple website. applications.
In 2002, Amazon provided
After some time, around First public cloud AWS Microsoft launched Windows
1970, the concept of (Amazon Web Service) Azure, and companies like
virtual machines (VMs) was providing services like Oracle & HP have all joined
created. storage, computation, etc. the game.
1970 2002 2010s
Key Characteristics
On-Demand Self-Service
Broad Network Access
Resource Pooling
Rapid Elasticity
Measured Service
Cloud Models
DEPLOYMENT MODELS SERVICE MODELS
Deployment Models
Public Cloud:
• Resources are owned and operated by a third-party provider, available to the general public.
• Cost-effective and scalable.
• Pay-as-you-go
• Examples: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
Private Cloud:
• Resources are used exclusively by one organization.
• Offers more control and customization with high security.
• Each organization requires its own data center.
• Examples: HPE, Dell, etc.
Hybrid Cloud:
• Combination of public and private clouds.
• Provides flexibility to move workloads between environments.
• Offers better scalability and security.
• Examples: IBM, DataCore Software, etc.
Service Models
Infrastructure as Platform as a Software as a
a Service (IaaS) Service (PaaS) Service (SaaS)
• Provides virtualized computing • Enables users to develop, run, and • Delivers software online via
resources. manage applications without subscription.
infrastructure complexities.
• Users can rent virtual machines, • Users access without maintenance
storage, and networks. • Provides prebuilt tools for easy worries.
development, customization, and
• Examples: Amazon Web testing. • Data is secure; no data loss in
Services (AWS), Microsoft equipment failure.
Azure Virtual Machines. • Examples: Google App Engine,
Heroku. • Examples: Cisco Metapod, Google
Compute Engine (GCE),
Microsoft Teams.
Benefits
Drive down costs
Accessibility
Scalability
Flexibility
Instant software updates
Back up & Recovery
Challenges
Security Concerns
Downtime
Internet speed & bandwidth
Limited Customization
Future Trends (In Cloud Computing)
Edge Serverless AI & Cloud Gaming
computing Computing Machine Learning
Data Centers
A Data center is a physical facility that
organizations use to house their critical
applications and data.
Data Centers
• Google has approximately 16 data centers throughout the world.
• It has around 900,000 servers in all its data centers based in world.
• Google’s data centers use around 260 million watts of power which
accounts to 0.01% of global energy. This power is enough to consistently
power 200,000 homes.
• A large supply of water is required to support the chillers and water towers
used to cool Google’s data centers so, number of recent Google data
center sites have been next to rivers or lakes.
What happens when you search?
Did you Know?
By 2025, 100 Zettabytes of Data Will Be Stored in the Cloud
94% of All Enterprises Use Cloud Services
Spending by Public Cloud Users Will Reach $600B in 2023
As of 2022, over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every
day
AWS aims to be 100% renewable energy-powered
