Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources through the internet with pay-to-use charges. Instead of buying and maintaining computer products and services, you can pay to use a cloud computing service. It saves you the time, effort, and cost of doing it all by yourself

Cloud computing services can be broken down into three models that stack on top of one another:

• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

There are many cloud computing services available to individual users, but the “big three” are:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Microsoft Azure

Why would you not want to have your own computers, servers, staffers, and offices to run a company? Cloud computing allows you to accomplish a lot more with a lot less!

• It’s on-demand
• It’s cheaper
• It’s flexible