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Cloud Service Models – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Beyond (Prep4Uni.online)

Cloud Service Models – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Beyond (Prep4Uni.online)

An accessible guide to cloud service models and how responsibilities shift between provider and user. Explains IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and commonly used extensions such as managed services and serverless, with practical examples of typical workloads, benefits, trade-offs, and decision factors. Suitable for university preparation and career exploration in IT and cloud roles....

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Keywords:
cloud service models, IT fundamentals, managed services, PaaS, cloud architecture, SaaS, IaaS, cloud platforms, serverless, shared responsibility model
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Material Type:
Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:
December 17, 2025
Date Modified in MERLOT:
January 22, 2026
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Submitter:
Jacob Gan
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:
Website
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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Yes
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal

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