http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/v...-f-in-jtc-DPR- do see the different articles at the bottom of the link .... Cloud Computing is Internet based computing, the Internet is called The Cloud, what Cloud computing specifically does is that it takes away all the application from the internal companies server to the cloud. So basically when companies buy applications from Software companies, they need to pay a lot as well as they need to pay for hardware costs etc etc... Cloud Computing in short allows them to pay on the basis of usage without any upfront investment. So it helps Small and Medium Size companies.