Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing

The Different Cloud Types: Public & Private (Part 1)

What are the different cloud types? Years ago, when you ask Millennials this question. You get a much different answer. We live in an era where words like the mouse, windows, and clouds can mean totally different things. It seems like our technology has evolved much faster than our language could. Anyway, let’s discover the modern-day answer to our initial age-old question.


What are the different cloud types? Years ago, when you ask Millennials this question. You get a much different answer. We live in an era where words like the mouse, windows, and clouds can mean totally different things. It seems like our technology has evolved much faster than our language could. Anyway, let’s discover the modern-day answer to our initial age-old question.

We can name the different cloud types in a couple of ways. The first and easiest way to describe them is by its location. The second one and more technical one is the kind of service the cloud offers. For this blog post, let’s deal with the cloud location first. And in another blog post, we will tackle the cloud types according to services offered.

Public Cloud

The public cloud is the first cloud type. It is probably the easiest to understand and the one that most people are more familiar with. In fact, without you knowing it, you are probably using this cloud type on a regular basis.

In its loose definition, it is basically the Internet. More specifically, it is a cloud type where the whole infrastructure is in a location far from the users and is run by cloud computing company. Being public, it means anyone and everyone can have access to it. One example is Offcloud.com, where anyone can open a free or paid account.

Private Cloud

The private cloud is the second cloud type. And is somehow the nominal opposite of the public cloud. This cloud type is usually owned by a single, private and usually large company. The infrastructure is meant to serve only the needs of that one organization. Hence, it is sometimes called an internal cloud or corporate cloud.

So those are the first two cloud types based on location. In the next blog post, we shall talk about two other location-based cloud types that are slowly gaining traction in the online community and in businesses. So stay tuned for the next blog post!

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