All about the Cloud

4. A provisioning model in which an organization outsources operational support equipment, including physical and virtual servers, storage, and networking components on a pay-per-use basis. The service provider owns the equipment and is responsible for housing, running, and maintaining it.
5. A model in which an organization rents hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows customers to build, deploy, and scale applications on virtualized servers managed by the cloud provider.
6. What is a multi-tenant cloud computing environment where a third party delivers computing services to users over the Internet?
7. Cloud environments can also be categorized by their ____?
9. Name one benefit of using cloud models?
10. Which model grants the right to use the software service only while the subscription is valid (i.e., paid and up to date)?
11. What is a broad term for cloud-based services?
12. _______ is a combination of public and private clouds.
13. _____ is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of consumers from organizations that share common concerns.

1. What is a single-tenancy cloud computing deployment environment where resources are usually hosted on-premises but can also be hosted by a third party?
2. One of the primary challenges for cloud computing customers is ensuring contracts include ______?
3. A model where the provider delivers a single shared software application, using common code and data definitions, to multiple customers. Users can access the software at any time through an Internet browser, typically paying via subscription or usage-based pricing.
8. Which licensing model is more common for traditional on-premises software?