Model:
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Description:
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Private Cloud
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Exclusive user by a single organization comprising multiple consumers (e.g. business units).
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The platform for cloud computing is implemented on a cloud-based secure environment that is safeguarded by a firewall which is under the governance of the IT department that belongs to the particular customer.
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Community Cloud
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Provisioned for exclusive user by a specific community of consumers from organizations that have shared concerns.
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It may be owned, managed, and operated by one or more of the organizations in the community, a third party, or some combination of them and it may exist on or off premises.
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The setup is mutually shared between many organizations that belong to a particular community.
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Public Cloud
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It may be owned, managed, and operated by a business, academic, or government organization, or some combination of them.
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Services are delivered over a network which is open for public usage.
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Hybrid Cloud
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The cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more distinct cloud infrastructures (private,community, or public) that remains unique entities, but are bound together by standardized or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability.
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