Cloud Computing

Introduction

The information technology industry is growing at a rapid pace. Every business entity needs some form of IT support to ensure that business operations are continuously running. As an entity grows in size and revenue, the information system needed to support the entity needs to grow as well. Some businesses may not have enough resources to accommodate this expansion. Their building may be too small or they cannot afford to purchase the equipment. When this is the case, an organization will choose to migrate their network infrastructure to a cloud computing environment. Cloud computing allows for a company to implement a large scale network without having to incur expenses for modifying the building infrastructure. Cloud computing can offer three services; infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS). A firm’s needs in expansion determine what services they need. Though, most organizations acquire IaaS. When this happens, companies surrender their data to the cloud. They are unaware of how their information is kept safe and confidential. All of their operations are dependent on the cloud operations. Cloud computing should not be considered as a significant option for data storage and network infrastructure solutions because of evident security concerns.

What is Cloud Computing?

The purpose of cloud computing is to offer software as a service. In cloud technology, software is not installed locally on machines but dealt with outside by a third party. Use of the application must be done through a network connection or the software be installed on a local computer and accessed elsewhere. All of the data and information processing is done separately by a large war...

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