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What is IaaS

Chapter 18
Handbook of Research on Technological Developments for Cultural Heritage and eTourism Applications
Offers to customers a comprehensive set of IT resources, as for example virtual machines to provide a computing infrastructure to customers via the Internet. IaaS is aimed at IT companies and software developers to allow them to increase or decrease the number of virtual machines in operation, depending on their workload to promote efficiency in the use of IT resources.
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Perspectives of the Adoption of Cloud Computing in the Tourism Sector
Pedro R. Palos-Sanchez (University of Extremadura, Spain) and Marisol B. Correia (ESGHT, University of Algarve, Portugal & CEG-IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2927-9.ch018
Abstract
This chapter aims to expose the current situation of the adoption of cloud computing in companies in general and in enterprises of the tourism sector in particular. For this, a review of the literature has been carried out to establish the conceptual framework of technology and of the new economic model that underlies its adoption. Cloud computing is one of the technologies less known to many organizations and especially users, as it is a new technology based on the Internet, through which information is stored on servers, is provided as a service and on clients' demand. Therefore, the main theories of adoption that have been used to explain the different adoption models are presented, as well as, the different solutions that are being used in the tourist industry.
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Chapter 5
Cloud Computing Economics
Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which the customer outsources the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking components.
Published in Chapter: Cloud Computing Economics; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering
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Improving Privacy and Security in Multicloud Architectures
Infrastructure is a Service, is used to provide network for connecting users and servers and also provides virtual machines to start, stop, access and configure virtual servers and storage blocks.
Published in Chapter: Improving Privacy and Security in Multicloud Architectures; From: Handbook of Research on Security Considerations in Cloud Computing
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Chapter 8
Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing
The storage and compute capabilities are provided as a service.
Published in Chapter: Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing; From: Global Virtual Enterprises in Cloud Computing Environments
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Chapter 12
Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare
Cloud service model providing the core infrastructure as a service.
Published in Chapter: Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare; From: Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems
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Outsourcing Computing Resources through Cloud Computing
Is a type of cloud computing service that provide infrastructure, especially servers or virtual servers located in data centers to customers. The servers or virtual servers are normally accessed through a computer network such the Internet.
Published in Chapter: Outsourcing Computing Resources through Cloud Computing; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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A Comprehensive Study of Security in Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a service where customers can directly use the IT infrastructures (processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources).
Published in Chapter: A Comprehensive Study of Security in Cloud Computing; From: Handbook of Research on Advanced Wireless Sensor Network Applications, Protocols, and Architectures
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Cloud Computing Security: Abuse and Nefarious Use of Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service, also known as “utility computing,” “infrastructure utility” “instance computing” where the physical infrastructure is composed of virtual instances of required resources. Examples for providers: Amazon EC2, GoGrid.
Published in Chapter: Cloud Computing Security: Abuse and Nefarious Use of Cloud Computing; From: Handbook of Research on Security Considerations in Cloud Computing
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Cloud Computing, Smart Technology, and Library Automation
Infrastructure as a service model that delivers computer infrastructure on an outsourced basis to support enterprise operations.
Published in Chapter: Cloud Computing, Smart Technology, and Library Automation; From: Emerging Trends and Impacts of the Internet of Things in Libraries
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Chapter 1
Securing Cloud Infrastructure in IaaS and PaaS Environments
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Chapter 3
Community Cloud: Closing the Gap between Public and Private
The definition of Infrastructure as a Service is simple. You rent infrastructure—servers, storage and networking provided over cloud — on demand, in a pay-as-you-go model. National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST, 2011 ) defines IaaS as “The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).”
Published in Chapter: Community Cloud: Closing the Gap between Public and Private; From: Handbook of Research on End-to-End Cloud Computing Architecture Design
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Building Elastic Java Application Services Seamlessly in the Cloud: A Middleware Framework
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Chapter 26
Synergizing Artificial Intelligence, 5G, and Cloud Computing for Efficient Energy Conversion Using Agricultural Waste
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From Information Systems Outsourcing to Cloud Computing
Is a type of cloud computing service that provide infrastructure, especially servers or virtual servers located in data centers to customers. The servers or virtual servers are normally accessed through a computer network such the Internet.
Published in Chapter: From Information Systems Outsourcing to Cloud Computing; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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A Review of Security Challenges in Cloud Storage of Big Data
Virtualized computing resources available over the internet is the responsibility of Infrastructure as a Service.
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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