According to Wikipedia website?
The Wikipedia page starts its history section with following lines:
The term cloud was used to refer to platforms
for distributed
computing as early as 1993, when Apple spin-off General Magic and AT&T used it in
describing their (paired) Telescript and
Personal Link technologies.
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>
And then with these history lines:
In July 2002, Amazon created
subsidiary Amazon
Web Services, with the goal to "enable developers to build innovative
and entrepreneurial applications on their own." In March 2006 Amazon
introduced its Simple
Storage Service (S3), followed by Elastic
Compute Cloud (EC2) in August of the same year.[19][20] These
products pioneered the usage of server
virtualization to deliver IaaS at a cheaper and
on-demand pricing basis.
In April 2008, Google released the beta
version of Google
App Engine.[21] The
App Engine was a PaaS (one
of the first of its kind) which provided fully maintained infrastructure and a
deployment platform for users to create web applications using common
languages/technologies such as Python, Node.js and PHP. The goal was to eliminate the
need for some administrative tasks typical of an IaaS model, while creating a
platform where users could easily deploy such applications and scale them to demand.[22]
In early 2008, NASA's Nebula,[23] enhanced
in the RESERVOIR European Commission-funded project, became the first open-source software for
deploying private and hybrid clouds, and for the federation of clouds.[24]
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>
Lastly the 2010s history section goes like this:
In February 2010, Microsoft released Microsoft Azure, which
was announced in October 2008.
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>
On March 1, 2011, IBM announced the IBM SmartCloud framework
to support Smarter
Planet.[40] Among
the various components of the Smarter Computing foundation,
cloud computing is a critical part. On June 7, 2012, Oracle announced the Oracle Cloud.[41] This
cloud offering is poised to be the first to provide users with access to an
integrated set of IT solutions, including the Applications (SaaS), Platform (PaaS), and Infrastructure (IaaS) layers.[42][43][44]
In May 2012, Google Compute
Engine was released in preview, before being rolled out into General
Availability in December 2013.[45]
In 2019, Linux was the most common OS used on Microsoft Azure.[46] In
December 2019, Amazon announced AWS Outposts,
which is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services,
APIs, and tools to virtually any customer datacenter, co-location space, or
on-premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience.
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>
According to techtarget website?
History of cloud computing
The history and evolution of cloud computing date back to
the 1950s and 1960s.
In the 1950s, companies started to use large mainframe computers,
but it was too expensive to buy a computer for each user. So, during the late
1950s and early 1960s, a process called time sharing was developed to make more
efficient use of expensive processor time on the central mainframe.
Time sharing enabled users to access numerous instances of
computing mainframes simultaneously, maximizing processing power and minimizing
downtime. This idea represents the first use of shared computing resources, the
foundation of modern cloud computing.
The origins of delivering computing resources using a global
network are, for the most part, rooted in 1969 when American computer scientist
J.C.R. Licklider helped create the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network,
the so-called precursor to the internet. Licklider's goal was to connect
computers across the globe in a way that would enable users to access programs
and information from any location.
In the 1970s, cloud computing began taking a more tangible
shape with the introduction of the first VMs, enabling users to run more than
one computing system within a single physical setup. The functionality of these
VMs led to the concept of virtualization, which had a major influence on the
progress of cloud computing.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Microsoft, Apple and IBM developed
technologies that enhanced the cloud environment and advanced the use of the
cloud server and server hosting. Then, in 1999, Salesforce became the first
company to deliver business applications from a website.
In 2006, Amazon launched AWS, providing such services as
computing and storage in the cloud. Following suit, the other major tech
players, including Microsoft and Google, subsequently launched their own cloud
offerings to compete with AWS.
From <https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/definition/cloud-computing>
According to salesforce website?
The History of Cloud Computing
The Internet has its roots in the 1960s, but it wasn't until
the early 1990s that it had any relevance for businesses. The World Wide Web
was born in 1991, and in 1993 a web browser called Mosaic was released that
allowed users to view web pages that included graphics as well as text. This
heralded the first company web sites – and not surprisingly, most of these
belonged to companies involved in computing and technology.
As internet connections got faster and more reliable, a new
type of company called an Application Service Provider or ASP started to
appear. ASPs took existing business applications on computing software and ran
them for their customers to access on the internet for a monthly fee.
But it wasn't until right at the end of the 1990s that cloud
computing as we know it today appeared. That's when Salesforce introduced its
own multi-tenant application which was specifically designed to do three
things:
·
Run "in the cloud"
·
Be accessible over the internet from a web
browser
·
Be used by large numbers of customers
simultaneously at low cost
Since then, the cloud has grown and grown. In fact, spending
on cloud services is estimated to increase exponentially – from nearly $70
billion in 2015 to an estimated $141 billion or more in 2019.
From <https://www.salesforce.com/in/learning-centre/tech/cloudcomputing/>
These many are the definitions and descriptions of Cloud Computing
at your perusal from reputed websites. Choose any one/two or many definitions
in your seminar topic article.
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