Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

1. What is it?

   • the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.

2. Benefits

   • -Simple installation -High performance servers -Virus Protection -Backup -improved access

3. Examples of websites

   • Spicebird, Mikogo, Stixy, Google, Yahoo, Vyew

4. Diagram

5. Disadvatages

   • -Possible downtime -Sercuity Issues -Cost -Lack of support -Inflexibilty

6. Cloud Storage

   • Cloud storage is a model of networked enterprise storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties. Hosting companies operate large data centers, and people who require their data to be hosted buy or lease storage capacity from them

7. Types

   • Software as a service (SaaS)
   • Platform as a service (PaaS)
   • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

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