What is the \u201cCloud\u201d? What is \u201cCloud\u201d computing? These are questions I get all the time. For the vast majority of people, the \u201cCloud\u201d is a lofty term having to do something with computing or, let\u2019s be honest, puffy cumulus wisps of moisture floating around in the sky. The truth is the \u201cCloud\u201d is a marketing term made up to sell a service (note: the quotation marks around \u201cCloud\u201d were to delineate that marketing term. From here on out, \u201cCloud\u201d will be written sans quotation). That service, the Cloud, is computing and storage capacity as a service. In human terms, it is a system of delivering computing and storage needs via three types of computing services: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Although this is true, for most people Cloud can be broken down into two categories, Public or Private.<\/p>\n