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Public cloud tiers

Public cloud tiers

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Public cloud tiers

- [Instructor] Public cloud services come in a variety of different forms. Let's take a look at the three tiers of public cloud computing: software as a service, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service. In a software as a service model, the public cloud provider delivers an entire application to its customers. The customers don't need to worry about processing, storage, networking, or any of the infrastructure details of that cloud service. The vendor writes the application, configures the servers, and basically gets everything running for customers who then simply use the service. Very often, these services are accessed through a standard web browser, so very little, if any, configuration is required on the customer's end. Common examples of software as a service applications include email delivered by Google apps, or Microsoft Office 365, and storage services that facilitate collaboration and…

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