# Types of Cloud Computing

• **Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)** 

* Provide building blocks for cloud IT
* Provides networking, computers, data storage space 
* Highest level of flexibility
* Easy parallel with traditional on-premises IT

• **Platform as a Service (PaaS)**

* Removes the need for your organization to manage the underlying infrastructure 
* Focus on the deployment and management of your applications

• **Software as a Service (SaaS)**

* Completed product that is run and managed by the service provider

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**Examples of Cloud Computing Types**

**• Infrastructure as a Service**

* Amazon EC2 (on AWS)
* GCP, Azure, Rackspace, Digital Ocean, Linode

**• Platform as a Service**

* Elastic Beanstalk (on AWS)
* Heroku, Google App Engine (GCP), Windows Azure (Microsoft)

**• Software as a Service**

* Many AWS services (ex: Rekognition for Machine Learning)
* Google Apps (Gmail), Dropbox, Zoom


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