Resource dwindling. It means that

because services of the cloud are pooled and serve many consumers, the long

term effect is that they are dwindling down.

In the long term it will not meet

the storage needs of cloud applications but it is a great short term solution.

Users access the cloud services

via networks by deploying suitable techniques and protocols with the use of

thick or thin clients.

It is a scheduled self-service,

which means that users of cloud must schedule or book  a slot to provision resources