The Intercloud is an interconnected global "cloud of clouds" and an extension of the Internet "network of networks" on which it is based. In theory, each cloud can use the computational and storage resources of the infrastructures of other clouds. The Intercloud aims to take advantage of this as cloud-based services increasingly penetrate consumer markets and grow.
New business opportunities for cloud services providers may arise, if they manage to go beyond the theoretical framework and introduce various forms of pay-for-use. To date, the Inter-Cloud remains largely in testing at research institutes around the world (pictured below).
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