Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

1. Availability - Data and files may be available anywhere in the world where there is an internet connection

2. Cost and convenience - You only pay for the storage that you have used. You don't have to provide and maintain the hardware locally

3. Security of data - As the files are being stored by the host, you have no control over them

4. Potentially lower performance - The speed of retrieval of data may be slower than it would be on a local database held in-house

5. Software - The host might not be using the latest, fastest and most secure version

6. Reliability of the network - You need to be able to get through to the host to access and process data