More specifically, cloud computing refers to a hosting environment that leverages pooled computing resources by way of virtualization.

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If performance is vital, like running a business-critical database, then we would suggest a physical dedicated managed hosting environment.

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The reality is many companies still need physical dedicated hosting for legacy applications that cannot run in a virtualized environment.

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But the actual hosting of the application, the actual requirements for that application to exist in a cloud environment, to connect to the virtualized resources and whatever administration tools the cloud providers may give you to configure and maintain the application, will be, for the most part, controlled by the cloud provider.

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