This article is Part 12 of tecmint.com’s Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate series.
Cloud computing is a popular buzzword that refers to an on-demand technology that has taken over the technology world by storm and simplifies the way we provision IT resources and access data.
To better understand and appreciate the concept of cloud computing, let’s go back in time and see how the technology environment looked like before the advent of cloud technology.
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