Business in the Cloud
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System interface
System Interfaces are based on web
services APIs providing a standard
framework for accessing and integrating
among cloud services.
Shared resources
Resources are shared among cloud
services users
By recapitulating the characteristics of cloud services and cloud computing, the term
cloud might be used as an umbrella term comprising both the technology and
service level.
Faltus notes that due to his experience, the terms cloud computing and cloud
services are generally used synonymously (Faltus, 2013).
Source: (Gens, 2008)