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Characteristics of Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing is becoming more popular day by day. Continuous business
expansion and development demand large computational power and massive data
storage systems. Cloud Computing can help organizations expand and safely
transfer data from physical locations to the ‘cloud’ that can be accessed from
anywhere. There are numerous characteristics of Cloud Computing that makes it
one of the fastest-growing industries at present. The flexibility offered by Cloud
services in the form of its ever-growing set of tools and techniques has accelerated
its deployment across industries. This blog shall walk you through the essential
characteristics of Cloud Computing.

List of the top 10 major characteristics of Cloud Computing:

1. Resources Pooling
2. On-Demand Self-Service

3. Easy Maintenance
4. Scalability and Rapid Elasticity
5. Economical
6. Measured and Reporting Service

7. Security
8. Automation

9. Resiliency and Availability
10. Large Network Access

1. Resources Pooling
Resource pooling is one of the essential characteristics of Cloud
Computing. Resource pooling means that a cloud service provider can
share resources among several clients, providing everyone with a different
set of services as per their requirements. It is a multi-client strategy that
can be applied to data storage services, processing services, and bandwidth
provided services. The administration process of allocating resources in
real-time doesn’t conflict with the client’s experience.

2. On-Demand Self-Service
It is one of the significant and essential features of Cloud Computing. It
enables the client to constantly monitor the server uptime, abilities, and
allotted network storage. This is a fundamental characteristic of Cloud
Computing, and a client can likewise control the computing abilities as per
his needs.