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On-Demand, Reserved and Spot: How Cloud Computing Is Priced, Conceptually

Cloud providers sell computing in several ways, from pay-as-you-go to long-term commitments to spare capacity. Here is how the models differ, without the price tables.

Explainers3 months ago

Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud: What the Terms Mean and Why Companies Use Them

Many organizations run workloads across their own data centers and one or more public clouds. Here is what hybrid and multi-cloud mean, with the benefits and...

Illustration of high-voltage transmission towers at dusk carrying power lines toward a lit data-center campus.

Networking4 months ago

Load Balancers, Explained: How One Website Runs on Thousands of Servers

Load balancers spread incoming requests across many servers so no single one is overwhelmed. Here is how they work, the main types and their role in...

AI Data-Center Power: Why Compute Is Becoming an Energy Problem

Explainers4 months ago

Myth vs. Fact: What “The Cloud” Really Is

The cloud sounds weightless, but it is built from buildings, cables and machines. This myth-versus-fact guide clears up common misunderstandings in plain English.

Dense server racks beside a smaller inference test rack and engineer.

Explainers4 months ago

How Cloud Regions and Availability Zones Work

Cloud providers organize their infrastructure into regions and availability zones. Here is what those terms mean physically and why they matter for reliability and latency.

Explainers4 months ago

Object Storage, Explained: How the Cloud Stores Billions of Files

Object storage is the quiet foundation under photo apps, backups and AI datasets. This explainer covers how it differs from file and block storage and why...

Explainers4 months ago

What Is a DPU? Data Processing Units and the Rise of the Infrastructure Chip

Data processing units take over networking, storage and security chores from a server's main processor. Here is what they are, why clouds use them and how...