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Kellep Charles: Cloud Computing and Security Concerns

Cloud computing has been receiving a lot of press in the IT mainstream media lately and all indications points to it continuing to be a hot topic for some time. Gartner.com stated in an article “Significant innovations in virtualization and distributed computing, as well as improved access to high-speed Internet and a weak economy, have accelerated interest in cloud computing.

The concept of cloud computing pertains to an entity that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services can be private or public and are divided into three categories:

* Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

* Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

* Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

via Kellep Charles Information Security Blog Space: Cloud Computing and Security Concerns.

Tags: cloud, cloud computing