My definition of a Cloud service

Image by akakumo via Flickr There has been some debate on a few sites the last couple of days about what a cloud service actually is. My definition is as follows: Infrastructure is abstracted (from applications and users) Scalability is…

Image by akakumo via Flickr

There has been some debate on a few sites the last couple of days about what a cloud service actually is. 

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My definition is as follows:

• Infrastructure is abstracted (from applications and users)
• Scalability is unlimited (near linear scale out)
• Environment is multi tenant, but provides isolation

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