The Cloud

A Brief History

Mainframes

Virtual Machines

Grid Computing

World Wide Web

The Cloud

What's special about "The Cloud"

It's a metaphor of

The Internet

New Generation Services

SaaS

Google Docs

Microsoft 365

Zoho Office

Can you think of something else???

IaaS

Windows Azure

Google Compute Engine

Amazon EC

Web Hosting

Why?

Your face in the internet

How?

Choose a Web Hosting Provider

Choose a Domain Name (aka Whatever's left)

Build a Website

An example

http://www.godaddy.com/

If you are an explorer

Summing it up

1. [ ] Review
   1. [ ] What's the Cloud?
      1. [ ] What is special about the cloud
   2. [ ] History of the Cloud
      1. [ ] When was the term Cloud Coined. Who did it?
      2. [ ] What according to you triggered the concept of Cloud Computing?
   3. [ ] New Generation Services
      1. [ ] What services, according to you, will come up as cloud services in a year from now, 5 years from now
      2. [ ] Another very new service in Cloud Computing is very popular these days, name it
   4. [ ] Web Hosting
      1. [ ] What are the steps needed to create a website of your own
      2. [ ] What will you like to be in your personal website

See you on 27th…

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