Cloud Computing: Defintion, Types, Benefits, Risks and Uses

AWS Resource Hierarchy: Organizations, OUs, Member Accounts and Resources

The AWS resource hierarchy is a multi-level access management system that helps ensure the accounts in AWS Organizations remain compliant, secure and within budget. It typically features four entities: organizations, organizational units, member accounts and resources. An AWS organization is a container that consolidates multiple AWS accounts. However, an organizational unit is a subdivision within...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 30 Jul'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25

Google Cloud vs AWS: Key Differences

Cloud services, like those offered by Google and Amazon, provide cloud-based computer processing power, storage and security features for individuals and organizations that don’t want to host their own servers. It can be hard to choose between Google and Amazon, which is why we have put together this Google Cloud vs AWS comparison. For more comparisons,...

By Mercy Wawira — 30 Jul'24 Last Updated: 10 Jul'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

What Is Amazon S3? Features, Use Cases, Pricing & Benefits

What is Amazon S3? S3 stands for “Simple Storage Service” and it is a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It offers object storage designed to store and retrieve any amount of data anywhere on the web. A common distinction in cloud storage is object storage vs...

By Mercy Wawira — 23 Jul'24 Last Updated: 16 Jul'25
Facts checked by Goran Nikolić

What is AWS Lambda? Definition, Features, How It Works, Use Cases, Pricing, and Benefits

Amazon Web Services is a huge ecosystem of hundreds of different services that serve different use cases. AWS Lambda is Amazon’s solution to serverless computing. Developers can use it to deploy code without worrying about infrastructure. A good compliment to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. AWS Lambda automatically responds to predefined events by executing a set of...

By Kevin Kiruri — 19 Jul'24 Last Updated: 12 Jun'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

What Is Amazon Web Services? Definition, How It Works, Products, Benefits, and Disadvantages

Amazon is an absolute behemoth in the tech industry, thanks in no small part to AWS, its web hosting and cloud computing service. You may have seen the acronym around the web and wondered: “What is AWS?” Well, wonder no more and read on for the full answer.

By Kevin Kiruri — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25

Types of Cloud Computing: Deployment Models and Services Explained

Cloud computing is a broad term that refers to any digital service or resource that is delivered to the user over the internet. The different types of cloud computing terms can be subdivided into two categories: the deployment model (aka how the product is delivered), and the service type or “service layer” (aka what product...

By Aleksander Hougen — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 11 Jun'25

The 5 Key Cloud Computing Characteristics & Other Important Concepts

When cloud computing was first coming into its own as an industry in 2011, the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) published a landmark paper1  that laid out five core cloud computing characteristics, as well as four deployment models and three service models. Although the paper lays out the essential examples of cloud computing,...

By Aleksander Hougen — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 19 Jul'25

What Is Cloud Security? Types, How It Works and Its Benefits in 2025

Cloud security is a type of cybersecurity (aka digital or data security) that focuses on cloud-based architecture and securing it from external and internal threats. So, what is cloud security? A number of mechanisms maintain cloud security, including security policies, standardized practices, and security tools like data loss prevention tools and identity and access management...

By Aleksander Hougen — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

28 Cloud Computing Trends: Adoption, Market, Technology, Services, Security and Cost Optimization

Cloud computing refers to a network of remote servers and resources accessed on-demand over a network. Resources provided computing services include servers, databases, networking, computing power and storage, all delivered over the internet. Cloud computing is driving innovation and efficiency across industries, and is helping to quickly build, deploy and manage business systems. Cloud adoption...

By Kevin Kiruri — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25

Cloud Servers: Definition, Types, How They Work, Uses & Benefits

A cloud server is a virtual computer that runs in a cloud computing environment. Unlike physical servers, a cloud server is created, hosted and managed by a cloud service provider. There are three main types of cloud servers: public, private and hybrid.  Public cloud servers are shared among multiple users and hosted by third-party providers....

By Mercy Wawira — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 19 Jul'25