Consumer has limited control over user-specific application configuration settings

Consumer has control over the operating systems and deployed applications

Consumer has control over the configuration settings of the application-hosting environment

Consumer has limited control over select networking components, such as host firewalls

Infrastructure as a Service

Platform as a Service

Database as a Service

Software as a Service

Deploy the business-critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on a public cloud.

Deploy the business-critical applications on an on-premise private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud.

Deploy the business-critical applications on an on-premise private cloud. Deploythe less critical applications on a public cloud.

Deploy the business-critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on an on-premise private cloud.

Enables control and optimization of resource use

Enables cloud services to communicate with each other

Enables availability of specific resources depending on policy

Enables the reduction and/or elimination of upfront IT expenditure

Resource pooling

Measured service

Rapid elasticity

Broad network access