Cloud Computing

1. Valid reasons to start cloud computing

1.1. Bringing down computing costs in organizations

1.2. Greater freedom for the cloud users

1.3. Centralized and agile

1.4. No more hardware problems

2. Dangers related to cloud computing

2.1. Security

2.2. Compliance

2.3. Transparency

2.4. Vendor trust

2.5. Performance

2.6. Reliability

2.7. Data location

2.8. Control

3. European suppliers

3.1. Private cloud

3.2. Public cloud

3.3. Hybrid cloud

3.4. Community cloud

4. What

4.1. Virtual servers available over the Internet

4.2. Most important IT trend in 2010

4.3. Different suppliers

4.3.1. Dropbox

4.3.2. SAP

4.3.3. Google cloud connect

4.3.4. Telenet

5. Characteristics

5.1. On demand self-service

5.2. Broad network access

5.3. Rapid elasticity

5.3.1. Peak-load capacity

5.4. Measured service

5.5. Resource pulling

5.6. Virtualization

5.7. Security

5.8. Maintenance

5.9. Flexibility

5.10. Continuity

5.11. Unlimited

6. Different kinds

6.1. Service models

6.1.1. software as a service (SaaS)

6.1.2. platform as a service (PaaS)

6.1.3. infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

6.2. Deployment Service

6.2.1. Private cloud

6.2.2. Public cloud

6.2.3. Hybrid cloud

6.2.4. Community cloud