Month: November 2020

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How to Join

This virtual event is free and open to everyone. Register on Eventbrite here to receive a link to join live on Thursday, December 17, 2020, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET.
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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a category of cloud computing in which software is provided as a product over the internet. With SaaS, users have access to software provided by third party vendors, though they are not in charge of the production, maintenance, or modification of that software. SaaS abstracts away the software application’s underlying infrastructure so that users are only exposed to the interface they interact with. Continue reading “What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?”

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is the on-demand delivery of computing resources over the internet, including networking, storage, and other infrastructural components. A category of cloud computing, IaaS relieves users of the need to maintain physical servers while also providing them the flexibility to provision and scale their resources as needed. Continue reading “What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?”

The term “private cloud” refers to cloud services that are owned and managed by the organization that uses them and available only to the organization’s employees and customers. Private clouds allow organizations to exert greater control over their computing environment and their stored data, which can be necessary for organizations in highly-regulated industries. Continue reading “What is the Private Cloud?”

The public cloud refers to cloud services (such as virtual machines, storage, or applications) offered publicly by a commercial provider to businesses and individuals. Public cloud resources are hosted on the commercial provider’s hardware, which users access through the internet. This differs from a private cloud, in which computing infrastructure is owned and operated by a single organization for its internal use. Continue reading “What is the Public Cloud?”

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing resources as services, meaning that the resources are owned and managed by the cloud provider rather than the end user. Cloud computing is enabled through the abstraction of computing resources from the underlying hardware, allowing users access to resources that they do not physically maintain or own. Continue reading “What is Cloud Computing?”

An HTML attribute is a piece of markup language used to adjust the behavior or display of an HTML element. For example, attributes can be used to change the color, size, or functionality of HTML elements. Continue reading “What is an HTML Attribute?”

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This Tech Talk is free and open to everyone. Register on Eventbrite here to receive a link to join on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET.
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