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Cloud based compute and storage

Hi

I was reading about the architecture of window azure. It is mentioned that the windows azure platform contains 2 parts - cloud based computing and storage.

Can I say that cloud based computing means doing programming for making a system and storage is to store the data into some data source.

Kindly advice

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Karan Gupta

Syed Ali

The term Cloud is used as a metaphor for internet
Cloud based computing is what we will be dealing in most of the time. Google Apps is one of the main example of Cloud Computing. The benefit is that you dont have to rely on your own IT Infrastructure and you access the services available in the cloud. Like in google apps you dont need a mail server setup etc everything will be taken care off by google, you will pay for the services. Same is the thing for MS Products, you will pay to use office products online which would require no installation on client machines for MS Office Products.
The best part about cloud computing is that its always available and around the world. Even if you are traveling and you have an internet connection, you are as good as in your office :)

Syed Ali

for reference you can view the following video
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/videoPlayer/videoPlayer.aspx?w=640&h=480&vid=WinAzPlatform_720x480_FINAL_101609.wmv

KaranGupta

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Hi Shahzoor

Thanks for the response. Please see this link
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/Whitepapers/securityoverview/
In the above there it is mentioned that there are parts of windows azure i.e. compute and storage. I actually want to know what is compute here means or in other words what it does

Regards
Karan Gupta

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