Cloud Computing: an Overview and its Impact on Libraries / الحوسبة السحابية: نظرة عامة وتأثيرها على المكتبات
Cloud computing is a computing paradigm, where a large pool of systems are connected in private or public networks, to provide dynamically scalable infrastructure for application, data and file storage.
With the advent of this technology, the cost of computation, application hosting, content storage and delivery is reduced significantly.
Cloud computing is a practical approach to experience direct cost benefits and it has the potential to transform a data center from a capital intensive set up to a variable priced environment.