10 Questions
Who proposed the concept of utility computing in 1961?
John McCarthy
Which computer scientist was involved in the ARPANET project that seeded the internet and mentioned 'computer utilities'?
Leonard Kleinrock
In what year did Leonard Kleinrock mention the spread of 'computer utilities' as computer networks mature?
1969
Which term is commonly associated with the idea of computing in a 'cloud'?
Utility computing
When did the general public start leveraging internet-based computer utilities according to the text?
1990s
Which company pioneered the notion of bringing remotely provisioned services into the enterprise?
Salesforce.com
In what year did Amazon.com launch the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform?
2006
Which term was a slightly different evocation introduced in the early 1990s throughout the networking industry?
Network Cloud
What historic milestone did Google achieve three years after providing browser-based enterprise applications?
Creating Google App Engine
According to Gartner, what is a key characteristic of cloud computing as defined in its strategic technology areas report?
Standardized IT capab...
Test your knowledge on the origins, basic concepts, goals, benefits, risks, and challenges of cloud computing. This quiz covers content from Chapter 3 which provides an introduction to cloud computing.
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