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Exploring Cloud Computing Benefits and Concerns

Understand the benefits and potential issues of cloud computing for users ranging from personal to large businesses. Learn about SaaS, utility computing, enterprise private cloud, information security, and more.

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Exploring Cloud Computing Benefits and Concerns

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  1. Cloud Computing Matthew Cunningham Selina Sambar Maria Skorcz http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/universities/images/university-notre-dame-logo.jpg

  2. Users • Personal • iCloud • Multiple applications • Multiple Devices http://images.apple.com/icloud/images/overview_title.jpg

  3. Users • Schools • Professors • Sharing Resources • Students • Sharing Documents, Presentations

  4. Users • Small Businesses • Low Technology Costs • Spend more time on innovation • More focus on business and start up ventures http://www.newbusinessintel.com/images/uploads/innovation-road-sign1.jpg

  5. Users • Large Businesses • Payments managed by third party • Fewer IT employees to pay • Lower employee training costs http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uV5nfBB33N0/THolJsxtVFI/AAAAAAAAAA0/mpkgIhfSVAA/s1600/itlogoIII.jpg

  6. You already use a form of cloud computing every day.

  7. SaaS – Software as a service CRM – Customer Relationship Management • Sales Cloud • Service Cloud • Chatter http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031?page=0,1

  8. Utility computing • Online storage • Amazon • "Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), in which customers pay for compute resources by the hour, and Simple Storage Service (S3), for which customers pay based on storage capacity" • Joyent

  9. Web services in the cloud • Related to SaaS • Delivers services rather than applications

  10. Enterprise private cloud • Ideal for businesses with strict privacy restrictions • Companies can leverage cloud methodologies, tools, and prices depending on their needs

  11. Potential Issues with the Cloud: Information Security • "Your data on my hard drive" • Encryption as a solution • Browsers as interface • Restrictions • Access control and passwords http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/05/security-in-the-clouds-part-2/

  12. More Potential Issues with the Cloud (as suggested by the National Institute of Standards and Technology) • Computing Performance • Cloud Reliability • Economic Goals • Compliance http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911075

  13. Benefits outweigh the risks, if precautions are taken • Economy of scale • Shared Infrastructure = Shared Cost = Shared Information • Reduced spending on technology • Timely • Accessible http://www.verio.com/resource-center/articles/cloud-computing-benefits/

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