Lesson 1 Summary: Introduction to Cloud
Computing
In this lesson, you have learned:
Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing resources over the internet on
a pay-as-you-go basis; resources are dynamically assigned and reassigned among
multiple users and scale up and down in response to users’ needs.
The origins of cloud computing can be traced back to the mainframes of the 1950s, with
virtualization technologies and hypervisors serving as catalysts for the emergence of
modern-day cloud computing.
Organizations must consider their business needs, investment viability, and risk capacity
to create a cloud adoption strategy that delivers desired benefits without causing
business disruptions and security, compliance, or performance issues.
Cloud adoption is growing faster than predicted. Driving this technological wave are
cloud service providers with a host of services ranging from Infrastructure, Platform, and
Software services. Some major Cloud providers of our time include AWS, Alibaba Cloud,
Google, IBM, and Microsoft Azure.