As stated in Chapter $5$ in the text, cloud computing is becoming popular because customers pay only for the computing infrastructure that they actually use, and in many cases, users experience lower IT costs than if they had to buy all the equipment, hire the technical staff to run it and maintain it$,$ and purchase software applications. Of course, this applicability of going into a cloud$-$based solution depends upon the size and specific requirements of an organization.

Interactive Session: Organizations: Look to the Cloud $($see page $186$ of the text$),$ explores the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud computing in both large and small businesses as it is now the fastest$-$growing form of computing.

Describe the three types of cloud computing services identified in Chapter $5$:

Infrastructure as a service $($IaaS$)$

Platform as a service $($PaaS$)$

Software as a service $($SaaS$)$

Explain the three kinds of clouds that are available, and explain the benefits an organization can receive from using one or all of these three:

Public cloud

Private cloud

Hybrid cloud

Provide an example of a company using each kind of cloud solution if you can. View the story of how Fender Guitars is leveraging cloud computing to stimulate your thinking: