Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWERS Cloud computing is the on-
demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centers and servers,
you can access technology services, such as computing power, storage, and
databases, on an as-needed basis from a cloud provider like Amazon Web
Services (AWS).
Who uses cloud computing? - CORRECT ANSWERS Organizations of
every type, size, and industry are using the cloud for a wide variety of use cases,
such as data backup, disaster recovery, email, virtual desktops, software
development and testing, big data analytics, and customer-facing web
applications.
For example, healthcare companies are using the cloud to develop more
personalized treatments for patients. Financial services companies are using the
cloud to power real-time fraud detection and prevention. And video game
makers are using the cloud to deliver online games to millions of players around
the world.
4 benefits of cloud computing - CORRECT ANSWERS Agility,
Elasticity, Cost Savings, and Globally deployable in minutes
Agility benefit = _______? - CORRECT ANSWERS The cloud gives
you easy access to a broad range of technologies so that you can innovate faster
and build nearly anything that you can imagine. You can quickly spin up
resources as you need them-from infrastructure services, such as compute,
storage, and databases, to Internet of Things, machine learning, data lakes and
analytics, and much more.