Cloud

Question 1

What is the core technology in cloud computing?

Answer 1

Virtualization

Question 2

What is Service-oriented architecture?

Answer 2

Everything used is a service

Question 3

What is IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)?

Answer 3

Virtualization of hardware, consumer has control over this hardware, being able to implement OS’s/Application, but the user needs to know how to configure these services. Ex. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Engine

Question 4

What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)?

Answer 4

Tools given to programmers to create websites, no need to manage OS, network or storage, all of this is already set up for developers. Database, server and programming languages are already provided to the developer.

Question 5

What is SaaS (Software as a Service)?

Answer 5

Uses the developers applications running on the cloud infrastructure. Ex. Canvas, Microsoft 365, GApps, any Email Service ever.

Question 6

What is SAML?

Answer 6

Security Assertion Markup Language (Fancy login page with no password)

Question 7

Four Deployment Methods for Cloud?

Answer 7

• Public Cloud
• Private Cloud
• Community Cloud
• Hybrid Cloud

Question 8

What is Public Cloud?

Answer 8

Network open for public use, provided over non-trusted network. Ex. iCloud, Google Cloud

Question 9

What is Private Cloud?

Answer 9

Cloud infrastructure for a single organization, mostly used as data centers for individual companies.

Question 10

What is Community Cloud?

Answer 10

Private Cloud used by multiple organizations.

Question 11

What is Hybrid Cloud?

Answer 11

Combines two deployment methods of Cloud.