Information about Cloud Computing (IaaS) and VMware Technologies

“Cloud Computing” is a new magical word and every IT people raves this one for quite some time. There is a debate and confusion as whether it is a “technology” or a “service model”. Unfortunately, many of my colleagues believe it is a Technology. Maybe, it is bonded with latest virtualization technology. But, it is a kind of service model, a new way to offering service for a customer. Cloud computing offers 3 kind of major services: 1. PaaS (Platform as a Service) 2. SaaS (Software as a Service) 3. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Also, there are other services such as “Storage as a Service” and “Desktop as a Service” But, I am going to talk about IaaS model in this post. IaaS is one very commonly required service model for any organizations for short-term development, Testing and educational purpose. In IaaS, users can manage their respective system. What exactly IaaS offer is, a Virtual Machine (VM). It could be self provisioned and manageable by the end user. A combination of an i