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Human-generated traffic
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You, me, them, us : browsing the web, sending e-mails, video-conferencing, downloading, uploading... Good old IT.
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Machine-generated traffic
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Also known as the Internet of Things (IoT) : sensors, alarms, probes, detectors, devices, ... A galaxy of autonomous Cloud-enabled equipments running some form of synthesized intelligence.
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Infrastructure (IaaS)
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Provides servers, OSes, virtualization, network and storage.
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Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, AT&T, CenturyLink Technology Solutions, Cisco Systems, Cloudscaling, Comcast, EMC, GoGrid, Green Cloud Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Joyent, NaviSite, Nebula, NTT Communications, Peak, ProfitBrick, Rackspace, Terremark.
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Platform (Paas)
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Provides a computing platform and a solution stack as a service.
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Apprenda, CloudBees, CumuLogic, Docker, Engine Yard, Eucalyptus Systems, GigaSpaces, Morphlabs, MuleSoft, Parallels, Piston Cloud Computing, Pivotal Software, Puppet Labs, Ravello Systems, Red Hat, RightScale, ScaleXtreme, Software AG, StackDriver, Xively.
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Application/Software (SaaS)
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Provides access to centrally hosted software.
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Acumatica, Avalara, BetterCloud, Birst, Cloudability, FinancialForce, Google, Insightly, Intacct, Jaspersoft, Marketo, NetSuite, Oracle, Paxata, Salesforce.com, SAP, Star2Star Communications, Tableau Software, Workday, Zoho.
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Private
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A Cloud infrastructure entirely dedicated to one company.
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Public
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The services are rendered over a network that is open for public use.
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Hybrid
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A composition of two or more clouds (private or public) that remain distinct entities but are bound together.
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