{"id":13536,"date":"2014-04-16T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/cloud-based-networking\/"},"modified":"2017-01-17T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:54:11","slug":"cloud-based-networking","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30220\/cloud-based-networking","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Based Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_cloud_based_networking_mean\">What Does Cloud Based Networking Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cloud based networking is referred to the network communication and interconnectivity between IT resources \/application within a cloud computing infrastructure.\n<\/p>\n<p>It enables a cloud computing solution \/service to interact and perform network connection with other resources on the cloud.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_cloud_based_networking\">Techopedia Explains Cloud Based Networking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cloud based networking is a form of cloud networking that entirely exists and operates within a cloud environment \/ infrastructure. 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