Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture

Cloud Computing is used to allow efficient sharing of equipment and services. It facilitates to run the applications of an organization on a central data center rather than running them at themselves. This goal is achieved using an architectural approach of offered services on a network of consumers. Cloud is emerging as a phenomenon and it is happening at the confluence of several trends in the software industry. Service oriented architectures; virtualization and internet based application delivery have grown up to meet out the expectations of the end customers. Cloud is a major next step in this area.