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Cloud fundamentals

Cloud fundamentals

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Cloud fundamentals

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- Most of us use cloud file storage services such as Dropbox, iCloud, Box, or OneDrive. We collaborate with each other using cloud-based applications like Google Docs. These applications are often referred to as Software as a Service, or SaaS. Basically, cloud providers offer software solutions to consumers through the internet. Another option is Platform as a Service, or PaaS. This solution provides complete software development and deployment environments for organizations. While SaaS provides a finished product, PaaS allows users to build their own cloud solutions by providing resources, including databases, business intelligence and data analytics tools, and programming interfaces to other existing applications and services. IBM Cloud Foundry is a great example of PaaS. Let's say that you'd like to develop a business intelligence, or BI system that leverages artificial intelligence, or AI. When using the IBM Foundry platform, developers can focus on their business logic for…

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