Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

1. Advantages

   • you only pay for the storage you use
   • you store your work, photos, music etc. on the cloud you don't have to worry about upgrading your computers
   • Availible 24/7

2. Disadvantages

   • you need internet access to get to your work.
   • files are stored on the host's servers.
   • the host might not have the most up to date software

3. Software As A Service - SAAS

   • software like WORD, Excel and Photoshop.
   • WORD and Excel don't sit on your client computer.
   • The company that offers Software As A Service also backs up your work so you never lose it.

4. Infrastructure As A Service - IAAS

   • As SAAS is offered to you by another company,
   • IAAS is simply STORAGE and the most obvious examples of this are companies that store your photographs like Flikr
   • NETFLIX is a company that offers you films.