Cloud ComputingDefineCloud computing involves deploying groups
of remote servers and softwarenetworkedthat allow centralized data
storage and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds
can be classified as public, private
orhybridhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYGQcmZUTaw
costIt can cost tens of thousands of dollars per year to move
large volumes of data to public cloud services and to store that
data for long periods of time."A one-time move can [cost] thousands
of dollars," says Hernan Alvarez, senior director of IT and
operations at WhitePages Inc.Network bandwidth accounts Cloud
providers might charge upload and download fees. There are internal
labor costsreinvest in IT equipment and recruitmentWhitePages
considered using the cloud for data backup, but after extensively
evaluating eight vendors, the company determined it would be too
expensive -- as much as three to four times what it would cost to
keep data internally. Competitive Advantagereduce costs drive
efficiency. 117 percent more likely to leverage cloud services to
improve data-driven decisions136 percent more likely to augment
customer relationships.re-inventing customer relationships using
analytics extensively to derive insights from big datasharing data
seamlesslymaking data-driven and evidence-based decisions.
A fully managed global cloud takes away the burden of running
and maintaining infrastructure and replaces it with fast access to
compute capacity to quickly innovate and establish footprints in
countries around the world and expand your customer
reach.RiskAutomatic updates enforce changeLack of internet access
leaves data out of reachCloud vendor outagesReliance on third
parties to run your ITIT skills shortageCritical business data at
riskcostly to turn your back on the cloud and bring systems back
in-house
again.Sourceshttp://www.v3.co.uk/http://thoughtsoncloud.com/ -
IBMhttp://aptris.com/http://www.computerworld.com/http://www.computerweekly.com/www.ibm.com/CloudComputing
