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Cloud Computing

What is Cloud computing?


Outline

What is the cloud?


What are the Clouds Characteristics and
Layers.
Benefits of Cloud computing.
challenges .
Conclusion (how does this relate to us).
It’sis the
what HardCloud? to define!!

There are 15 different definitions for the cloud.



“The cloud is a smart, complex, powerful,
computing system in the sky that people can just
plug into.”

web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen

Instead of Defining the Cloud we should try


and Understand it.
Cloud computing like Grid computing is based
on the idea of “utility computing”.
Characteristics

Measured Service.
Scalable.
Multiple tenants.
Elastic.
Multiple
Self-Service.
Applications.
Ubiquitous Access.
Virtualization.
Layers of the Cloud

Software as a Service (SaaS)


Applications Hosted on the
web
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Facilitates developing applications for the
cloud
Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS)
Contains all of the physical and virtual
resources
computing

Cost Reduction.
Cloud computing utilizes a pay as you go model.
Increased Storage.
More data could be stored in the cloud than on
any Organizations privet data center .
Highly Automated.
Software is updated Automatically.
Flexibility.
Cloud computing is much more flexible than
other computing methods ( Grid computing ).
Some Challenges
Security

Applications Do not inherit security from the cloud,
they must be secured Independently.

lack of understanding

This problem faces any new technology,
misunderstanding the technology and its limitations.

Latency

The decrees in data transfer speeds(responsiveness)
due to the increase in data heavy applications running
on the cloud, will be the most challenging problem.
Conclusion

Cloud Computing is still in it’s infancy.


References
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Author, Steve Hamm, Cloud Computing: Eyes on the Skies. [Webpage].Available from:
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October 19, 2010]

Author, A. N., Six Benefits of Cloud Computing | Web 2.0 Journal. [Webpage].Available from:
http://web2.sys-con.com/node/640237[accessed Tuesday, October 19, 2010]

Marks, E. A. & Lozano, B., 2010. Executive's Guide to Cloud Computing. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.

Author, Serdar yegulalp, Ten Challenges Facing Cloud Computing — Datamation.com.


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