Off-site resources aren’t by default a cloud solution. The differentiation is mainly in a cloud, it’s a cluster of shared resources that host virtual machines and are connected through virtual networks. Having a dedicated server to host your stuff on is just remote hosting. A company can setup and host their only cloud infrastructure if they want.
To non IT people, the difference between interfacing with something in the cloud or a dedicated hosted setup doesn’t exist. If they post a comment on Lemmy, that’s may be hosted in a cloud or hosted locally on a server somewhere. If they are storing pictures in Away, then that is cloud storage.
So their is a distinction on the back end mostly, but it’s just the way resources are hosted and shared, so the front end would be the same regardless.
Off-site resources aren’t by default a cloud solution. The differentiation is mainly in a cloud, it’s a cluster of shared resources that host virtual machines and are connected through virtual networks. Having a dedicated server to host your stuff on is just remote hosting. A company can setup and host their only cloud infrastructure if they want.
To non IT people, the difference between interfacing with something in the cloud or a dedicated hosted setup doesn’t exist. If they post a comment on Lemmy, that’s may be hosted in a cloud or hosted locally on a server somewhere. If they are storing pictures in Away, then that is cloud storage.
So their is a distinction on the back end mostly, but it’s just the way resources are hosted and shared, so the front end would be the same regardless.