Cloud Hosting
What is Cloud Hosting?
Cloud hosting, also commonly referred to as cloud computing, is an alternative delivery model for IT services over the Internet. The “cloud” is typically a network or cluster of servers that is designed to easily scale business applications to where the user only pays for the resources they use, and has largely become the primary advantage for cloud hosting. This works well for many businesses, including start-ups who may not be able to afford dedicated hosting or managed hosting services initially. Now there is a way where they can easily scale as their users scale with the applications.
Cloud Hosting in Plain English
This video is brought to you by Common Craft and explains how cloud hosting works.
Other Benefits of Cloud Hosting
In addition to scalability and cost, cloud hosting benefits from agility where users can rapidly and inexpensively deploy new technology on the server, such as operating system upgrades, database upgrades and more. Another benefit is reliability with the inherent redundancy that is built into a cloud hosting network. With your web applications replicated on multiple servers, it becomes attractive for companies needing a disaster recovery plan.
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