Cloud computing users

So, are the common people or the big business organisation use cloud mostly? Well a lot will say organisations but I will say it’s balanced. We use cloud services in our day to day life and we didn’t know it was there. For instants Facebook and Instagram works in cloud storage concept as everything we upload is stored online. But that’s just the hybrid type what about the private type? Google drive, iCloud and Drop box are providing limited access to the data through a membership agreement. But when it comes to business organisation they use it for generating business values and this value either be profit or reduction in operating cost or maintenance cost. Getting everything done faster is not just good enough for an organisation. It also require quality and this is where cloud comes in as they can provide better customer service, efficient management of activities and monitor the performance accurately. This is not just what can it do and there is always a place for innovation when it comes to cloud. we can see it being an integral part of how data is stored and the different types of storage devices are disappearing day by day .First the floppy disk , then the CD’s and now transformation from hard drive to SSD and flash storages. This shows that the cloud is the future of storage and computing. Scientist Sir John McCarthy’s words are coming true as cloud is growing at a fast pace at which it’s going to be as common as the telephone lines which we have right now ("What is Cloud Computing?", 2016). I hope everyone who have read my blog has an in depth idea about Cloud computing.

References

What is Cloud Computing?. (2016). What is Cloud Computing?. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://whatiscloud.com/origins_and_influences/a_brief_history

Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud computing

The main advantage of cloud computing is that it helps you to store all the data you want online and can retrieve it whenever and wherever you require it. They also help you to back up your most important data online and to recover them if you have a system or hard drive failure. (Kremian, 2016) With you being connected to the internet through your laptop, smartphone and other devices you can access the cloud services literally from anywhere in the world and this shows its mobility side. As cloud computing has pay as you use services, people don’t have to spend any more money on hardware or software upgradation compared to a personal computer. Clouds core benefit is the automated services that can shape the future of IT development because it’s getting easier to get the task done in this environment compared to manual side of IT.

The major disadvantage of cloud computing is that when we use the service offered by cloud companies we are actually following their way of conduct and this can hinder the performance of the company if both the views are not correlating. Another issue with cloud computing is there is a high chance of information stored online can be hacked if it’s not in a private cloud and private clouds are costly. Setting up cloud computing can be abit costly if the individual or company doesn’t have the right equipment’s. Cloud services are usually taken up in a contract and if you want to move to a new provider then there can be some service charges you have to pay. So now we know how great cloud computing is but do we know who uses it the most and why? Companies or individuals? Let’s see.

References

Kremian, Z. (2016). Cloud Computing Advantages and Disadvantages. Cloudcomputinginsights.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://www.cloudcomputinginsights.com/management/cloud-computing-advantages-and-disadvantages/?mode=featured

Types of cloud and its services

Cloud computing is divided into four and they are as follows - public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud and community cloud (plus, 2013). This differentiation is based on the location of where the cloud services are utilised. Let’s start with public, which means that anyone can utilise the services offered in this type of cloud and it is less expensive than a private cloud but will be more vulnerable to attacks by hackers. Private cloud is something that has limited access and the services can only be utilised by people or organisation that payed for it .This is expensive but safer than public cloud. Then there is the Hybrid which technically uses public type for less secured tasks and private for secured tasks thus helps an organisation or individual to reduce the expense as well as balance the computing process. Community cloud is basically is a type in which everything is shared between a community and this can be a government organisation as well as people in a certain location. 3 types of services offered by cloud are infrastructure, platform and software. Infrastructure provides the basis for storage through virtual servers to store and retrieve data. Platform helps to run an operating system and develop new utilities. The software helps organisations to use the applications online on a pay as u use basis rather than buying a full version. Now we know what it offers well let’s see what it’s good at and not so good at.

References

plus, (2013). Types of Cloud Computing Explained | Global Dots. Global Dots - CDN, Security and Performance Solutions. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://www.globaldots.com/cloud-computing-types-of-cloud/

Evolution of Cloud computing

Who brought this concept? The idea about cloud computing was introduced by a computer scientist Sir John McCarthy in the year 1961. He said one day we will see computing utilities or the functions of a computer spreading among the public just like how telephone service is now. This was just a concept back then but what drove these people to implement and develop such a service is the cost of computing and automation. From the 1960 there were something new every year to the IT world and people as well as companies had to upgrade their computing systems and this was a costly process. That was the time when people didn’t want to buy or upgrade their computing systems instead want to share or use it as a service due to the huge cost of hardware. ("A history of cloud computing", 2016) But by the 1980’s this idea of cloud computing diminished in popularity with the release of mini computers which was less costly and everyone could have one in their own home. With the introduction of the internet the people started to use the basic computing utilities online such as Google and Yahoo search engines, sending of emails through Hotmail and Gmail as well as a result of collective innovation the Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr and more. But idea of using cloud came back in general was through the use of smartphones after the year 2005. Remember when we had to delete the photos, music and other data stored in our phones to add more, this problem opened the gates for cloud computing again. Companies started to develop the idea which was introduced in 1960s to give way for more storage and process faster through an online application to improve productivity which is also known as timeshare ("Where Did Cloud Computing Come From, Anyway?", 2016). So let’s now see what these services are in detail.

References

A history of cloud computing. (2016). Computer Weekly. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing

Where Did Cloud Computing Come From, Anyway?. (2016). TIME.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://time.com/3750915/cloud-computing-origin-story/

What is Cloud computing?

It is basically computing over the internet. Well that is not much of an explanation, isn’t it? Let’s understand it in-depth. Cloud computing is a concept that can help a user to store data, retrieve data and run certain applications to improve the productivity of a given task. This is more efficient than a personal computer because everything is stored in an online remote server, which gives faster access to the data. The four different types of clouds are public, private, hybrid and community. The services they offer are related to infrastructure, platform and storage .The main difference between a Cloud and a Traditional It approach is that everything is stored online and on the other hand everything is stored in a storage device. (Gabrani, 2016) Another interesting feature of a cloud is that it has a pay as you use scheme which reduces an individual’s or a company’s fixed operating cost. I regularly use cloud computing services such as Google drive, Drop box, and iCloud to store the data I want and retrieve it whenever I need it without relying on any other additional storage devices. One of the leading companies that utilise this type of service is Spotify. It helps you to listen to the songs you love whenever you want it and wherever you want it and it’s all possible because of the cloud. Now we know what it can do but when we should also know how it originated and developed into this Hi-Tech innovation.

References

Gabrani, N. (2016). Cloud computing tutorial. Thecloudtutorial.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://thecloudtutorial.com/index.html