Current Cloud Architecture Technologies and Platforms Comparison

Exploring the Functional Overview and Comparison of Cloud Computing Architectures

Abstract

This paper presents a functional overview ofpopular cloud computing architectures. Background is given on the technicalaspects of each architecture and parallels are drawn with the previous threechapters, whilst also discussing business concerns. As an introduction to thecomparison overview, the platforms need to firstly be categorized based ontheir level of abstraction – whether the cloud architecture is IaaS, PaaS or acombination of both.