Thank you everyone for the answering my question. It's funny that I am still not getting the practical relationship to the dictionary definitions being given

I kinda want to tie the dictionary definition to real life. For instance, how does the user provision a service in real-life? Unless I'm mistaken, it's still the IT that will manage the access and use of the cloud service. Take google apps, for example. In as much as it is a public cloud service, an administrator has to create a user for that user to access the services.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:20 PM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Techlist.

When you think about it, what is the difference between Virtualisation and Cloud?

Cloud has to have some form of automation such that the end user can provision a service (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) by themselves typically form a portal.

So virtualization creates a pool of resources:- compute, storage, switching e.t.c that can be provisioned. Cloud automates the provisioning.

A private cloud is for in house consumption such that an organization's departments can log into a portal and provision a service they need.

Public cloud is for external consumption typically resale e.g. Amazon web services, angani, cloudhop e.t.c.
Hybrid cloud is a mix of the two. With inbuilt security features to separate them.

Regards,
J Doe.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

I always fancy the way maganers/marketers/CEOs etc hype the "cloud" thing - you might think its something new you dont know of.

Heavy jargons. At first when i heard bosses mention cloud after visiting seminars and exhibitions abroad, left me salivating and wanting to know what i have been missing in the cloud.

Whether private (that cloud over your head and house) or public (that which rains outside) - its a cloud and didnt come yesterday. Started long way back, just jargons and some flavours added as a marketing gimmick.

Kind Regards,
Wilson./

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