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Blockchain for Enterprise

You're reading from   Blockchain for Enterprise Build scalable blockchain applications with privacy, interoperability, and permissioned features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788479745
Length 220 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Narayan Prusty Narayan Prusty
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Preface 1. What are Decentralized Applications? FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Blockchain Using Quorum 3. Writing Smart Contracts 4. Getting Started with web3.js 5. Building Interoperable Blockchains 6. Building Quorum as a Service Platform 7. Building a DApp for Digitizing Medical Records 8. Building a Payment Solution for Banks 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction to cloud computing

In simple terms, cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computing services (servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and more) over the internet. 

Cloud computing provides an easier way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet. Cloud services platforms, such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, own and maintain the network-connected hardware required for these application services, while you provision and use what you need by way of a web application.

Here are the advantages of cloud computing:

  • Cost: Cloud computing saves a lot of cost as you don't have to buy hardware and software. It also saves you the cost of setting up and running on-site data centers. Even if you set up your own data centers, you need IT experts who can manage them, and...
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