Council asks for a simple diagram: which cloud service type is closest to renting infrastructure while the city still manages the operating system?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Renting the virtual hardware and still babysitting the OS is the IaaS picture for council. SaaS is more like subscribing to a finished app. Keep the diagram at that rent-versus-subscribe story.
Full Explanation
IaaS is commonly described as renting cloud infrastructure — compute, storage, and networking — while customers retain responsibility for the operating system and above. SaaS is a complete application delivered as a service. Fundamentals compares service types at that descriptive level without requiring lab configuration.