The Real Definition of Cloud Computing

In this cloud computing essentials video, David Davis answers further, what is cloud computing? He dissects the definition of cloud computing, explaining it as a layer of virtualization software on top of physical servers that makes things run more efficiently, and pool virtual resources into a “cloud” infrastructure that deploys services “on demand.”

Here is VMware’s definition:

“Cloud computing is an approach to computing that leverages the efficient pooling of on-demand, self-managed virtual infrastructure, consumed as a service.”

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