...about cloud computing and how it is affecting the adoption in companies or organisations. This paper presents advantages disadvantages security of using this technology. This also deals with the importance of using this technology and information management takes place in organisations. It also deals with the improvisation of the flow of information with Cloud. In today’s globalised technological market Cloud computing is one of the most innovated information technologies. It is more attractive for business to adopt because it had many advantages which includes automatic software update, flexibility, increased collaboration. It’s cost effectiveness plays a major role in adopting this technology. Cloud based applications...
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...The Future of Cloud Computing Melissa Gilchrist INF 103: Introduction to Digital Literacy Brent Ferns March 3, 2014 The Future of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is defined as being a replacement of all computers with “dumb” terminals that have no software or complex operating systems on them (Bowles 2013). This means that applications and the data used are being housed online rather than being put on your computer. As Americans these days we at some point are already using some of the cloud applications. With the future of technology rising in this day and age some wonder what the future actually holds for cloud computing and just how it will play a major role in society. After reading my textbook and the two scholarly articles I chose for my research paper, they all discussed the importance of cloud computing in the future and its advantages. This will have a large impact on technology and the use of computers. One advantage of cloud computing discussed in the course material Introduction to Digital Literacy (Bowles 2013) was the start-up time of the actual cloud. Software companies such as Google are now building operating systems that exist on-line rather than on your computer you use. This means that there would be non complex systems to boot up the computer. You would only have to press the power button and in seconds you will be connected to the internet as long as you have an internet connection. Another advantage would be the fact that computer...
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...Cloud Computing in Relation to Business Environments Cynthia Sockwell University of North Alabama Abstract This report discusses the topic of cloud computing as it relates to businesses. It describes the definition of cloud computing and explains the historical background. It then explains the potential of businesses adopting cloud computing as it relates to Schneider’s Model of organizational culture. It describes how each of the four cultures would adapt to cloud computing in a business environment. It continues to attempt to persuade businesses to adopt and not adopt by presenting advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing within a business environment. The findings of the report are that cloud computing is an increasingly growing industry that businesses are moving towards due to the costs advantages found in research. Recommendations of cloud computing would be to thoroughly research the topic and construct sample models for business before adoption. Cloud computing has become the hot topic for discussion within the businesses world. There is debate on whether the adoption of a cloud computing infrastructure is worth the time. Research has been done to discover the true meaning of cloud computing, and to understand the benefits of businesses adopting to a cloud infrastructure model. Throughout this report cloud computing will be defined, and the advantages and disadvantages will be identified. It will also bring an understanding to the response different...
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...Cloud Computing and Accounting Information Systems Technology is a powerful tool that is revolutionizing and impacting the world in ways that were once never thought to be possible. Businesses thrive by investing time and money into modern technologies that redefine that way that these firms do businesses .One particular technology on the horizon in today’s society is cloud computing. Cloud computing is use of a network hosted on the Internet to store and access data and programs. After reviewing an article that discussing cloud computing and its effects on business, relating the idea of cloud computing to accounting information systems, and discussing opinions and issues concerning cloud computing, there will be a greater understanding about the impacts of cloud computing on the AIS system. The article chosen, which written by Ian Stone and published by The Guardian on April 15, 2014, is called “Cloud Computing Enables Businesses to Discover Their Entrepreneurial Spirit”. This article begins by stating that cloud computing is a game changer in the world of business. Cloud computing is stated as the storing and accessing of data and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive. This article says that one of the key benefits of cloud computing can be seen by the way it “levels the playing field”. Small business can have a better chance to compete with bigger firms because the initial cost of cloud computing is much less than the large expensive infrastructures...
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...client organization and cloud provider is a strong predictor of successful cloud deployment. By GaRy GaRRiSon, SanGhyun Kim, anD RoBin L. WaKeFieLD Success Factors for Deploying Cloud Computing “a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be quickly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”14 The emergence of cloud computing is transforming the way organizations purchase and manage computing resources,17 providing a fundamentally different IT model in which a cloud provider might be responsible for a range of IT activities, including hardware and software installation, upgrades, maintenance, backup, data storage, and security. The result is that organizations can lower their IT capital expenditures ClOUD COMPUTiNg iS 62 Com muniCatio nS o F th e aCm | S epteM Ber 201 2 | vo L . 5 5 | N o. 9 and operating costs by purchasing ondemand technology resources (such as increased data storage, bandwidth, and processing power) while eliminating the need to maintain outdated equipment. Cloud services also include environments for application development and access to key technologies, software, and skilled IT personnel that might otherwise be too costly and difficult to obtain and maintain (see Figure 1). Along with hardware, software, and technology platforms, cloud computing delivers additional...
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...Cloud Computing Praveen Reddy, Polam Wilmington University SEC-6040 1. Introduction Cloud computing is the term that describes about the computer related services through the internet. As technology developments are increased significantly, many individuals and businesses are interested to use software and hardware services that are managed by third parties at remote locations (Mirzaei, 2008). The term “ cloud “ can be truly understandable how the cloud can be a value to an organization by providing various services like online data storage, social networking, online business applications and webmail’s etc. because, the cloud computing allows access to information and computer related resources from any location that has network connection (Mirzaei, 2008). 2. Components of Cloud Computing: 2.1 Cloud Client: Clients play a key role in providing access for users to client devices which consists of computer software and hardware that depends on cloud computing for application delivery. And also there are several applications which are designed specifically for delivery of cloud services and it is essentially useless without the application. For example which can include devices like computers, mobile phones and applications like operating systems, browsers etc (Nichols, 2011). The cloud client has three different types, they are * Mobile clients. * Thick clients (Nichols, 2011). * Thin clients (Most popular) (Nichols, 2011). 2.2 Distributed Servers:...
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...CLOUD COMPUTING Saas and Paas Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. N.NGQAYANA 2851522 9/27/2012 TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract…………………………………………………………………..3 Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 Overview………………………………………………………………3 Universities Implement Cloud Computing……………..............4 Software as a Service (SaaS)……………………………………...6 Platform as a Service (PaaS)………………………………………6 IBM cloud computing……………………………………………….7 Advantages…………………………………………………….8 Disadvantage: Unused resources……………………………………..9 Disadvantage: Interoperability issues………………………………..9 Challenges of cloud computing…………………………………………………………10 Security concerns………………………………………………………..10.1 Disaster recovery………………………………………………………..10.2 Data protection……………………………………………………………10.3 Examples and Experiences OF Universities and IBM …………11 Why Cloud Computing is Important for Business……………..11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………..13 References……………………………………………………………..14 Abstract Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. Unfortunately, not all educational institutions often...
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...Cloud Computing Reginald L. Butler Dr. Jim Marion CIS 109 September 10, 2013 Cloud Computing History and Origns This quarter at Strayer University I took a course called Intro Management Information Systems online. There were many concepts and technologies we studied, but the one I was most fascinated about was Cloud Computing. Cloud technology has become very popular among consumers over the past decade. The tech is used in a wide variety of electronic devices such as PC’s, smart phones, tablets, streaming devices, etc. Even more important is the impact of cloud computing on the business market. They ways in which a company can use the cloud are limitless if they so choose to invest in the technology. Recently, both Sony and Microsoft stated that cloud technology will play a pivotal role with their next generation consoles coming out this fall. With all the talk of cloud computing going on today one has to wonder how did it become so popular? What are the origins of this new found tech and what will cloud computing evolve to in the future? Cloud computing is a technology that the world is just becoming familiar with, but the tech is not new. According to Wallace (2013), cloud computing was once referred to as “on-demand infrastructure” and has been around since the mid 90’s. Latter in 1995, the on-demand infrastructure was known as “Shared Web Hosting” which features included multi-tenant, automated provisioning, and an easy-to-use interface or (UI) as it’s known...
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...Review the process of implementing cloud computing of SMEs in UK - an Exploratory Study 1. Introduction Information technology (IT) plays an important role in increasing innovation and competitiveness and performance for small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs). Cloud computing or on-demand computing is IT infrastructures that empower SMEs with various capabilities to store, share and access information, data and resources in third-party data center. Cloud computing when implemented strategically will help enterprises to improve their performances, processes and efficiency. Despite the importance of cloud-based computing, limited research has done to study about the implementation and usage of cloud-based computing in the SMEs within the UK context (Shiels et al., 2003). The objective of the research reviewed in this proposal is to contribute to the valuable research on cloud solutions by studying the implementation of SMEs. UK was selected for this research as in UK, SMEs accounts for the vast mojarity of all companies and it is home of innovation companies that develop with the development of information and communication technologies. The relevant literature are referred and the theoretical framework is used in this research are discussed in the next part of the paper. 2. Literature Review According to Sultan, N. A. (2011) small- and medium-sized enterprises can take a lot of advantages from embracing cloud solutions. Because no matter of what type of business...
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...2012 International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technologies [ICCEET] Cloud Computing - Concepts, Architecture and Challenges Yashpalsinh Jadeja Dept. of Computer Engineering & IT U. V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University Kherva (Mahesana), Gujarat, India yashpaljadeja@gmail.com Kirit Modi Dept. of Computer Engineering & IT U. V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University Kherva (Mahesana), Gujarat, India kirit.modi@ganpatuniversity.ac.in Abstract- With the advent internet in the 1990s to the problems. Cloud computing deals with virtualization, present day facilities of ubiquitous computing, the internet has changed the computing world in a drastic way. It has traveled from the concept of parallel computing to distributed computing to grid computing and recently to cloud computing. Although the idea of cloud computing has been around for quite some time, it is an emerging field of computer science. Cloud computing can be defined as a computing environment where computing needs by one party can be outsourced to another party and when need be arise to use the computing power or resources like database or emails, they can access them via internet. Cloud computing is a recent trend in IT that moves computing and data away from desktop and portable PCs into large data centers. The main advantage of cloud computing is that customers do not have to pay for infrastructure, its installation, required man power to handle such infrastructure...
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...Sanghyun Kim, and Robin L. Wakefield (2012) examined another aspect of Cloud Computing. They highlighted the success factors for deployment of cloud computing. Cloud vendor and organization relationship has been characterized as the most important factor which ultimately provides a competitive advantage to the organization. They also found that in successful deployment organization are able to focus on their core competencies which help to reduce the expenses. Additionally how Cloud Computing reduces the IT expenses and operating cost of the business. There is no need to hire skilled employees and there is no need to maintain outdated equipment. The researchers also identified the movement of organizations towards Cloud Computing in order to achieve the competitive advantage. (Garrison, Kim, & Wakefield, 2012) Joshua Gold (2012) pointed out risks associated with Cloud Computing. The researcher reported two cases of security breach. In one of the case hackers actually had a legitimate account set up with the cloud-computing site. Both cases caused the loss of billion dollars and loss of customer confidence on Cloud Computing. The author suggested firms to ask for insurance, warranties and indemnity protection from cloud service companies. The researcher also identified the Data security strategy, it was suggested to perform due diligence before considering for the deployment of Cloud Computing. Meetings with cloud provider, conducting security audits, seeking the names of references...
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...Cloud Computing overview advantage and challenges Overview Silver Lining or storm ahead The future of cloud computing Effective use of cloud computing in education institutions Cloud Computing for beginner Cloud computing Challenges and future directions http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110622006602/en/Future-Cloud-Computing-Survey-Reveals-Drivers-Cloud Cloud Computing GAP Task Force http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Spring2009/cloud-computing Table of contents 2 0 Relevant Resources 4 0 Relevant Resources 4 1 General guidelines of community design 6 2 Attracting new members 7 2.1 Methods of persuasion of a potential user 7 2.2 Encouraging users to invite friends 8 2.3 Entry barrier 9 2.4 Guidance for new members 9 3 Structure of the community 12 3.1 Member profiles 12 3.2 Member connections 13 3.3 Adding connections 15 3.4 Member reputation 16 3.5 Paid membership 18 3.6 Fake members 18 3.7 Lurkers 18 4 Encouraging user participation 20 4.1 Using uniqueness 20 4.2 Using controversy 20 4.3 Using individual recognition 21 4.4 By discouraging low quality contributions (moderation) 21 4.5 Using goal setting 23 4.6 Using E-Mail notifications 24 4.7 By showing the activity of community 24 5 Stimulating Social Interactions 26 5.1 By common Interests 26 5.3 By common current life transitions 27 5.4 By shared experience 28 5.5 By shared education 29 5.6 By showing the distance 29 5.7 By service: Photo Albums 30 5.8 By service: Profile...
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...CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE Advanced Computer Architecture Spring 2014 Anusha Sher (A03771526), Niharika Medaboina (A03771523) Professor: Dr Dulal Chandra Kar Texas A&M University Corpus Christi ABSTRACT Cloud computing has been envisioned as the next-generation architecture of IT enterprise. The computing world has traveled from the concept of parallel computing to distributed computing to grid computing and recently to cloud computing. Although the idea of cloud computing has been around for quite some time, it is an emerging field of computer science. Cloud computing can be defined as a computing environment where computing needs by one party can be outsourced to another party and when need be arise to use the computing power or resources like database or emails, they can access them via internet. Cloud computing is a recent trend in IT that moves computing and data away from desktop and portable PCs into large data centers. The main advantage of cloud computing is that customers do not have to pay for infrastructure, its installation, required man power to handle such infrastructure and maintenance. In this paper we will discuss what makes all this possible, what is the architectural design of cloud computing and its applications. INTRODUCTION The term "cloud" originates from the world of telecommunications when providers began using virtual private network (VPN) services for data communications. Cloud computing deals with computation, software, data access...
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...Cloud Computing In this paper I will discuss about the cloud computing technology. Cloud computing is emerging as a strategic model for big IT businesses that want to outsource some of their regular Information technology needs or IT needs at top demand times, and also for small organization in search of an inexpensive solution for their computing needs. Cloud computing is technology which attracts the business managers, for its less cost, infrastructure and has the long believed dream of computing as a utility and has the potential to transform a large part of the Information technology industry, making software more smart as a service and shaping the way information technology hardware is designed and bought. It is massive computing resources, deployed among virtual datacenters and it is allocated to particular users and tasks and accessed as a service through a user interface such as internet website. (WALLIS PAUL, 2008) In year 1999 the salesforce.com was the first to deliver the use of applications through a simple website. In the early 2000’s business like the Microsoft, IBM, and amazon started covering Cloud Computing. Microsoft started by using software as a service through website services. In the beginning of year 2009, Sun Microsystems launched the virtual data center. This information center offers a way for folks to host anything they wanted at a minor fee instead of adding storage space to their personal laptops or desktops. For example, Amazon launched the...
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...Cloud Computing and Accounting Information Systems Technology is a powerful tool that is revolutionizing and impacting the world in ways that were once never thought to be possible. Businesses thrive by investing time and money into modern technologies that redefine that way that these firms do businesses .One particular technology on the horizon in today’s society is cloud computing. Cloud computing is use of a network hosted on the Internet to store and access data and programs. After reviewing an article that discussing cloud computing and its effects on business, relating the idea of cloud computing to accounting information systems, and discussing opinions and issues concerning cloud computing, there will be a greater understanding about the impacts of cloud computing on the AIS system. The article chosen, which written by Ian Stone and published by The Guardian on April 15, 2014, is called “Cloud Computing Enables Businesses to Discover Their Entrepreneurial Spirit”. This article begins by stating that cloud computing is a game changer in the world of business. Cloud computing is stated as the storing and accessing of data and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive. This article says that one of the key benefits of cloud computing can be seen by the way it “levels the playing field”. Small business can have a better chance to compete with bigger firms because the initial cost of cloud computing is much less than the large expensive infrastructures...
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