Traditional Networks Vs The Cloud We all know that cloud
computing is the next frontier in business computing and service
delivery, but what really differentiates it from the traditional
networks and hosting? Cloud computing does not really use new
technology, in fact it uses the same technology as in
traditional networking. So how is it so ground-breakingly
different than the old way? Let us explore that comparison. The
main difference in cloud computing and traditional networking or
hosting is the execution, and in one word that is
“virtualization”. Virtualization allows for massive scalability,
giving clients virtually unlimited resources. In a traditional
networking setup, the server is fixed in hardware and if you
want to scale up to more users than the current hardware can
support, you would have to spend more money for upgrades and
there would still be a limit. But with the cloud computing
infrastructure, multiple servers are already in place at the get
go. They then use virtualization to provide only