Public Cloud

A public cloud is a pool of virtual resources—developed from hardware owned and managed by a third-party company—that is automatically provisioned and allocated among multiple clients through a self-service interface. It’s a straightforward way to scale out workloads that experience unexpected demand fluctuations.

See Also

Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CCRA)
Cloud Integration
Cloud Manufacturing
Cloud Migration
Cloud Service Architecture (CSA)
Private Cloud
Cloud Bursting
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud Computing