What is the difference between cloud computing and virtualization?

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Hello, Cloud computing is the term utilised to indicate that the user is using services provided by someone else for his benefit albeit at a price for use of such hardware. It's something like polyclinic in a city where one entrepreneur provides facilities like comfortable rooms, receptionists, cle

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3 years ago
1. Cloud Computing : A client-server model underpins cloud computing. As a highly accessible service, cloud computing makes use of resources in a centralized manner. Using cloud computing is a subscription-based service and a beneficial business tool. 2. Virtualization: The foundation for cloud com

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Konatham Abhishek
6 years ago
Virtualization can increase IT agility, flexibility and scalability while creating significant cost savings. Workloads get deployed faster, performance and availability increases and operations become automated, resulting in IT that's simpler to manage and less costly to own and operate. Large enter

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NITIN DESHMUKH
8 years ago
Virtualization is software that separates physical infrastructures to create various dedicated resources. It is the fundamental technology that powers cloud computing. Virtualization is a foundational element of cloud computing and helps deliver on the value of cloud computing. Cloud computing is th

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Zubin Mehta
8 years ago
Cloud computing is basically a provision of services like infrastructure, platform and software to clients for management of data and all applications. Cloud helps in storage of end to end data and gives a competitive edge in terms of providing analytics for business decisions. Virtualization invol

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Sunil Soni
8 years ago
In computing, virtualization refers to the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including virtual computer hardware platforms, storage devices and computer network resources. Virtualization can increase IT agility, flexibility and scalability while creating significan

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Siddharth Bhardwaj
8 years ago
Hello, At first, it may seems that virtualization and cloud computing are both same. But they are both different apart. Virtualization is simply replacing the physical resources with the virtual one without affecting its principals and working. Network virtualization is the closest type of virtuali

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