Study of Various Parameters of Cloud Computing Environment

ABSTRACT Cloud computing is a revolutionary technology. It has substantially marked its presence in the computing arena. It offers a variety of features to clients in the form of pay as you model, outsourcing, elasticity, scalability, and virtualization etc. Cloud services are available to clients in three flavors: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS). In this article, we first explore the various service models of a cloud. We also discuss some emerging cloud services. Then we explore the various parameters of cloud computing environment within the context of IaaS and SaaS cloud services. We explore the various actors in the cloud environment and their interactions with each other. The dynamics of complex cloud environment are discussed.