Cloud computing is a combination of hardware and software model that delivers information technology services, whose resources are retrieved from the internet with the help of web-based tools and applications instead of connecting directly to as server. Simply put, cloud computing is a type of computer service that aims at offering services like servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics etc. over the internet. The “cloud” here is referred to as the Internet. Use of cloud computing The first cloud computing is barely a decade old. There are a host of organizations, from tiny startups to global corporations, and government agencies that have a huge chunk of applications and services running on cloud computing. If you are using an online service, for instance, sending an email, editing documents (converting them online), streaming TV, movies or music, playing games, it is likely that it is being managed by the service providers using cloud computing technology. So, cloud computing lets you: Create new apps and services Backup and recover data Host and manage websites Stream audio and video content Analyze data to make predictions Being a big shift from the usual way businesses utilize IT resources, cloud computing has some benefits, so e of them are: