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What is Cloud Service

Chapter 104
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A cloud service can be software or hardware offered over a network, usually Internet but could be also over a private network when dealing with private cloud. Many services emerge with the cloud computing paradigm such as Software as a service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a service and so one. A more generic abbreviation for services offered in the Cloud is referred to as XaaS where X represents the service offered in the Cloud.
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Should the Cloud Computing Definition Include a Big Data Perspective?
Rafik Ouanouki (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), Abraham Gomez Morales (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), and Alain April (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch104
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A Review of Security Challenges in Cloud Storage of Big Data
Resources that are delivered over the internet are known as cloud services.
Published in Chapter: A Review of Security Challenges in Cloud Storage of Big Data; From: Handbook of Research on Big Data Storage and Visualization Techniques
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