Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources like networks, servers, storage, applications and services. It has essential characteristics like on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling and rapid elasticity. The cloud services models include Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The deployment models are private cloud, community cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud.
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