Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the technology, which is used by many IT firms, business firms, individuals, researchers, universities in data computation, data analytics, data storage, problems solving and hosting different applications. It has numerous advantages in the field of outsourcing IT companies, and other firms and organizations. Major advantages of cloud computing is highlighted below:
Scalability
Cloud is more scalable than our local system. When we are deficient in memory or processor when doing some task, we can scale the virtual machines and other services provided by them.
Concurrency
Cloud computing can provide concurrency which means programs or applications, or services can be run or executed out of order or in partial order without affecting the final results.
Continuous availability
Cloud is available continuously if we want to use them. There is no problem of power supply in the user perspective. If some organization or individual wants to use it continuously then they can use it continuously. For example, online transaction applications hosted on cloud are available throughout the year, days and months.
Efficiency and Cost Reduction
Cloud computing is efficient to do some task and solve the problem. For example, doing big data operations or processing clouds is more efficient than local systems and it also helps in cost reduction because there is no capital cost for hardware and infrastructure and there is no burden of maintenance cost.
Disaster Recovery
Cloud based services provide quick data recovery for all kinds of emergency scenarios from natural disasters to power outages.
Other Advantages
Small enterprises and start-ups can afford to translate their ideas into business results more quickly, without excessive up-front costs.
System developers can concentrate on business logic rather than dealing with complexity of infrastructure management and scalability. eg. widget was developed with Google’s AppEngine in one week
End users can have their documents accessible from everywhere and any device. For example, I can edit google documents I have created from any device and any places on the earth where there is internet.
Cloud computing allows us to deploy service quickly in fewer clicks. This faster deployment allows us to get the resources required for your system within fewer minutes.
The cloud offers almost limitless storage capacity. At any time, we can quickly expand your storage capacity with very nominal monthly fees.
One of the major concerns of every business, regardless of size and industry, is the security of its data. Cloud Computing provides advanced data security.
