Evolution of the Cloud Computing Model

Cloud computing is the evolution of the traditional computing platform and a significant shift in the IT industry; it is another model for delivering computing resources and services to an organization. Figure 1.2 illustrates this evolution:

Figure 1.2 – Evolution of cloud computing

You may have evolved from physical hardware to virtualization that is run from your facilities or somebody else’s to virtual machines to containers. The next stage in this evolution is the leap to serverless, where the business logic layer is the new scale unit.

Now, when dealing with various types of computing, you need to know the key difference between public cloud computing and edge computing.

The key difference between public cloud computing and edge computing is where the data processing happens. The public cloud is based on a “centralized” data collection, processing, and analysis approach. In contrast...