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The Cloud is a marketing term that has become a commonplace way to refer to centrally managed computational infrastructure to which customers can subscribe. The Cloud delivers services such as storage and on-line applications across a continuously growing number of industries, from financial markets and health institutions to game industries, mining, governments and agriculture. The Cloud combines a particular infrastructure set-up, an agile technological approach, and subscription rather than ownership as an economic approach. It has currently become the dominant model for delivering | The Cloud is a marketing term that has become a commonplace way to refer to centrally managed computational infrastructure to which customers can subscribe. The Cloud delivers services such as storage and on-line applications across a continuously growing number of industries, from financial markets and health institutions to game industries, mining, governments and agriculture. The Cloud combines a particular infrastructure set-up, an agile technological approach, and subscription rather than ownership as an economic approach. It has currently become the dominant model for delivering [[SoLiXG:Key-concepts#Compute|compute]] in most sectors, both for-profit and non-profit. | ||
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The cloud
The Cloud is a marketing term that has become a commonplace way to refer to centrally managed computational infrastructure to which customers can subscribe. The Cloud delivers services such as storage and on-line applications across a continuously growing number of industries, from financial markets and health institutions to game industries, mining, governments and agriculture. The Cloud combines a particular infrastructure set-up, an agile technological approach, and subscription rather than ownership as an economic approach. It has currently become the dominant model for delivering compute in most sectors, both for-profit and non-profit.