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Top 10 companies or organizations which are working on cloud computing

Previously, in my last post i posted about the linux commands which are basically used in the making of the cloud. Now, in this post I will tell about the different clouds that are used or developed by the different organizations of the world and they are working on it. Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is provided by the Amazon . Synaptic Hosting, which is provided by AT&T . Enomaly's Elastic Computing Platform (ECP), which is provided by Enomaly . Google Apps, which are provided by Google on internet. GoGrid , offers web-based storage, which is division of ServePath . Windows Azure, this cloud is developed by Microsoft to give Windows-as-a-service. NetSuite offers e-commerce, CRM, accounting and ERP tools to the clients using cloud computing. Mosso, a Rackspace cloud, that provides access to virtualized server instances. The RightScale Platform helps in building and cloning virtual servers of cloud. The Salesforce provides a platform for building web appli...

Some Basic Linux Commands

Basic Linux Commands used in Cloud Computing tty - reveals the current terminal whoami - reveals the currently logged-in user which - reveals where in the search path a program is located echo - prints to the screen means prints whatever you write same echo $PATH - dumps the current path to STDOUT echo $PWD - dumps the contents of the $PWD variable echo $OLDPWD - dumps the most recently visited directory set - prints and optionally sets shell variables clear - clears the screen or terminal  reset - resets the screen buffer history - reveals the commands you used so far !685 - executes the 685th command in the history. NOTE - The command history is maintained on a per-user basis via --- ~/.bash_history~=user's $HOME directory in the BASH shell. pwd - prints the currently working directory cd - changes the directory to desired directory. NOTE - 'cd' with no option changes to the $HOME directory. 'cd~' changes to the $HOME directory. 'cd/' cha...

Types of Cloud

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In the previous post, I told how you can use the cloud or types of services which is provided by the cloud. In this I will tell you How many types of clouds are there in the world or used by the companies or you are using???? There are several ways in which Cloud Services can be provided or deployed by an organization. Private Cloud Public Cloud Community Cloud Hybrid Cloud These are the 4 clouds which are deployed by an organization and used to provide services of cloud computing. Private Cloud In this Cloud, hosting is built and maintained for a specific client. The cloud hosting in private cloud can either be on premises or at third party location. Benefits of private cloud is data security. Public Cloud In public cloud services and infrastructure are offered to clients free of cost. This model is widely used in organization mostly used by Google and Microsoft. Community Cloud This cloud is a deployment model where the cloud infrastructure is shared b...

Types of Services a Cloud can Provide

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In the last post, I give a brief introduction to what is cloud and also what is cloud computing. Now in this post, I will tell you about the question which I seem you will be asking next that How we are using Cloud and Cloud Computing in our daily routine????? Most of you have used Google Drive, right, so what you are doing is you are using Google Drive as a Storage Service which is usually in cloud known as IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service).  There are three types of Services which cloud can provide to a client or customer, that are, Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS). Platform As A Service (PAAS). Software As A Service (SAAS). These are the three service which a customer or user can demand from a cloud provider. I will explain each service one by one. Infrastructure As A Service  As explained in the very first 2-3 lines by me that using storage services of Google, Microsoft or any other cloud is a IAAS, not only storage but also you can demand a or n...

Introduction To a Cloud

Cloud Cloud Cloud...... we are hearing it now everywhere and in future it will become common to everyone. Now people says it is waste technology or else but it is a technology which is used by everyone without even knowing that they are using such a thing or a part of it. Now Question is there... What is Cloud????? To a common man this is still a mystery but to the students who seems to be hearing about it, it just a storage means they thought that cloud is option for storage as they have seen the storage which Google provides them as Google Drive, Microsoft as Sky Drive, Drop Box and many more are there. But not at all friends Cloud is just not a storage service it is more than that....Cloud is a set of machines which enables cloud computing. Now some of you must be thinking that What is cloud computing ??? Right or not... Here it is what do you mean by Cloud Computing????   Cloud Computing is the delivery of the Computing services which are provided virtuall...