Infrastructure as a Service

IaaS, or Infrastructure as a Service, is a cloud computing model that provides on-demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage, networking, and virtualization. IaaS is attractive because acquiring computing resources to run applications or store data the traditional way requires time and capital.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a business model that delivers IT infrastructure like compute, storage, and network resources on a pay-as-you-go basis .

What are 3 examples of IaaS?

Examples of IaaS include Rackspace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Joyent.

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Cloud services can be used for faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. They also promote the building of cloud-native applications and the flexibility of working in the cloud. 

Cloud services can be accessed on-demand via the internet. They can include:

• Software as a service (SaaS)
• Platform as a service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• Function-as-a-Service (FaaS)