5 things open source developers should know about cloud services providers

“The cloud” refers to both the collective computing power of an interconnected array of servers and the software layer enabling those computers to work together to create dynamically defined infrastructure. Because many consider the cloud the new frontier of computing, it’s dominated the software industry for the past several years. Still, your individual level of involvement with it probably depends on your career and how much you acknowledge that you’re using the cloud in your computing.