<p>Cloud is a hot, but ambiguous buzzword in the IT industry. A Sofware Developer may describe the Cloud in a different way than a System Admin, while a Database Admin may have an altogether different definition. What constitutes the cloud is a rather complicated question. However, there is one common view that most IT people share</p><p>Cloud is a kind of an Internet based Service offered on-demand to a User who doesn't need to bother with implementation details or maintainence.</p><p>Cloud refers to a range of scalable services that a user can access via an Internet connection, preferably one with a higher bandwidth and low latency. Many Providers like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others provide various cloud-based services for which users pay on the basis of service subscription and consumption. Many providers offer a wide spectrum of Cloud services like Messaging, Content Management, Social Computing and Collaboration, Identity management, Storage, CRM and many more.</p><p>There are various broad ways a cloud-based service is consumed and utilized. In the world of cloud computing, there are three different approaches to cloud-based services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/cloud-service-models-iaas-saas-paas-how-microsoft-office-365-azure-fit-in-021672.php">Keep reading...</a></p>