Cloud computing

Cloud computing

1. What is cloud computing?

   • Benefits
     • cost
       • you only pay for the storage that you see. You do not have to provide and maintain the hardware.
     • availability
       • Data can be available anywhere in the world where there is an internet connection.
   • it is where data is saved on external servers instead of the user's hard drive

2. Drawbacks

   • software
     • the company may not be using the latest, fastest version
   • potential low performance
     • the speed of accessing data might be slower than using installed software.
   • reliability
     • it depends on how reliable the host is to access your data