Cloud Network

What Does Cloud Network Mean?

Cloud network is referred to a computer network that exists within or is part of a cloud computing infrastructure.
It is a computer network that provides network interconnectivity between cloud based or cloud enabled application, services and solutions. Cloud network can be cloud based network or cloud enabled network.

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Techopedia Explains Cloud Network

Cloud network primarily enables a cloud computing infrastructure / solution, its associated components and external users/ application /services to communicate with each other. Typically, cloud network works similar to a standard computer network but its components / devices / operations are centered on cloud computing.
For example, a cloud network will enable connecting a remote user with a cloud application (SaaS) or cloud infrastructure (IaaS). User queries from a web browser/ internet are delivered to and from the remote/backend cloud infrastructure. Similarly, cloud network also enables the network communication between virtual machines.

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