In order to truly understand how the Cloud can be of value to an organization, it is first important to understand what the Cloud really is and its different components. Since the Cloud is a broad collection of services, organizations can choose where, when, and how they use Cloud Computing. We will explain here different types of Cloud Computing services commonly referred to as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Web access to commercial software
Software is managed from a central location
Software delivered in a “one to many” model
Users not required to handle software upgrades and patches
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) allow for integration between different pieces of software

maintain applications in the same integrated development environment
Web based user interface creation tools help to create, modify, test and deploy different UI scenarios
Multi-tenant architecture where multiple concurrent users utilize the same development application
Built in scalability of deployed software including load balancing and failover
Support for development team collaboration Tools

Cloud Services