Cloud Computing Network

Cloud computing is a technology that evolves from grid computing by addressing the quality of service and reliability problems and at the same time, sharing the resources of hardware, software etc over a communication network.Cloud computing provides the company to change the way of service to their clients, customers, partners and suppliers. Generally servers and storage in multiple locations are connected by communication medium to create a pool of resources. When applications executes, resources are allocated from this pool and connected to the user as needed. The purpose of connecting the resources into a resource pool and connecting users is to share the resources within a network at the low cost and reduces traffic complexity. In most of the cloud computing applications, network performance will be the key factor. Normally, cloud computing has different characteristics: elasticity and the ability to scale up and down indicates cloud computing having strong reliability factor over others, self-service provisioning, application programming interfaces (APIs), service usage in a pay-as-you-go model deals with users have to pay for the service they used. IT Giants such as Google and Amazon, are already in  cloud computing environment. It is an easy way of eliminating complex constraints involved in traditional computing environment including space, time, power, and cost. Cloud computing is offered in different forms: public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds, which combine both public and private.

People involve in the Cloud computing

•  The end user who doesn’t have to know anything about the technology but they want to use it for the overwhelming advantageous factors
•  Cloud service providers must provide a predictable and guaranteed service level such 24/7 access and security concerns. At the same time, providers must take the responsibility of governance of data effectively and efficiently

Leading Cloud Computing Services available in the Market:

• Amazon
• Google
• Apple

Cloud Computing Pros and Cons

As per recent data, Growth rate of Cloud vendors and related services around 90 % per annum. Within the cloud, the service providers has to choose the desired technology for the company, therefore customers has restrictions over the use or change of technology within the cloud. Moreover, customers cannot control the system stability and it is highly dependent on the cloud service provider. It leads even an error caused in the system would affect the customers badly. Even though, the major intention is to provide security to the user, there are drawbacks involved in this kind of model. 

Most of the companies still hesitate to move to cloud computing. It’s because two factors: privacy and security. Data has to be sending to the third party systems, there is a possibility that data cannot be handled properly or else companies fear that the transfer of data to other competitive rivals is possible. Not only companies, customers also feel that cloud computing services is unsafe for the business. But experts says cloud computing is one of the unique technology that solve cost, power, space, traffic etc. It’s all based on choosing the cloud service provider and strong service agreement. In case of price, some customers prefer this so-called metered billing approach to save money, while others will prefer a flat-rate subscription to ensure predictable monthly or yearly costs.