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Cracking the IT Architect Interview

You're reading from   Cracking the IT Architect Interview The ultimate guide to successful interviews for Enterprise, Business, Domain, Solution, and Technical Architect roles as well as IT Advisory Consultant and Software Designer roles

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787121690
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sameer Paradkar Sameer Paradkar
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Cloud


Cloud computing provides business value as an enabler of cost effective, efficient, elastic computing capacity. Cloud computing allows enterprises to pay only for the services and computing power that they need while efficiently scaling up and down in response to changing business demands. Cloud computing has enabled several "XaaS" variations such as, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS). Each of the cloud-based service models provide varying degrees of technical and business capabilities and serve as enablers to various businesses.

Cloud provides efficient and elastic computing power to enable social media, mobile applications, websites, big data, and analytics.

What are the advantages of leveraging cloud computing?

The advantages of cloud computing are:

  • Data backup and storage

  • Powerful processing capabilities

  • Software as a Service

  • IT sandboxing capabilities

  • Multi-fold increase in productivity

  • Cost-efficiency and flexibility

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