Cloud Computing on the Internet

Cloud computing refers to hosting services provided over the Internet. The Internet connects the users to the subscribed remote database, where all the consumers under the cloud service will use a pooled set of resources with the infrastructure cost being shared across everyone.

The cloud computing allows the user to share the data, ranging from common word processing software to customized computer programs, from the same remote database. Cloud computing is also an attractive alternative for more storage capacity and disaster recovery.

• Benefit of incorporating cloud

(i) Reduce capital cost

By incorporating cloud, the company can increase their existing storage capacity and capabilities. As long as the company has access to the cloud, they will be able to use all the applications in the server. The company does not need to incur additional cost to buy more hard disk or other local storage devices.

Additionally, the company can save on expenditure for new infrastructure, licensing of new software or training new personals to meet the IT needs of the company. As the cloud system is self-service provision, the company can easily request for more cloud computing services at any time. After using those resources, the cloud service will automatically de-provision.

Thus, the company only pays a metered fee, whereby they are only charged when they used the cloud system, which is more cost-efficient as compared to paying a fixed amount regardless of usage frequency.

 Saving costs for new infrastructure

As the storage capacity is dependent on the server, companies will need to install more digital storage devices and servers in order to increase the storage capacity. The company may face many constraints in the computing env...

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4. Account Management

Users are required to have an account for licensing purposes. The account management is a mean to keep cloud accounts in sync with the existing enterprise systems. The account management plays a crucial role as when an employee leaves the enterprise, it need to remove that employee’s account to prevent data leakage, should the employee decided to turn against the enterprise.

 Encryption and Virtual Private Network (VPN)

To prevent anyone to stealing the data from the cloud system, encryption can be implemented to prevent any other unauthorized users to read any data from the system.

The company can also create a VPN as an additional measure of security, where the employees need to have the essential networking hardware and software components to access the VPN. Therefore, it will be sufficient to safeguard some of the attacks.