Cloud Computing is the on-demand delivery of computing power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud service platform via the Internet with a pay-as-you-go pricing model.
<h3 id="heading-top-players-in-the-cloud-business">Top players in the cloud business:-</h3>
<ol>
<li>AWS- Amazon Web Services
</li>
<li>Microsoft Azure
</li>
<li>GCP- Google Cloud Platform
</li>
<li>Alibaba Cloud
</li>
<li>Oracle
</li>
<li>IBM
</li>
<li>VMWare
</li>
<li>RackSpace
</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="heading-characteristics-of-cloud">Characteristics of Cloud:-</h3>
<ul>
<li>On-Demand Self Service
</li>
<li>Broad Network Access
</li>
<li>Scalability
</li>
<li>Resource Pooling
</li>
<li>Measured Services
</li>
</ul>

Cloud Computing is the on-demand delivery of computing power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud service platform via the Internet with a pay-as-you-go pricing model.

### Top players in the cloud business:-

1. AWS- Amazon Web Services
    
2. Microsoft Azure
    
3. GCP- Google Cloud Platform
    
4. Alibaba Cloud
    
5. Oracle
    
6. IBM
    
7. VMWare
    
8. RackSpace
    

### Characteristics of Cloud:-

* On-Demand Self Service
    
* Broad Network Access
    
* Scalability
    
* Resource Pooling
    
* Measured Services

What is Cloud Computing?

Top players in the cloud business:-

Characteristics of Cloud:-