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Cloud Computing

Questions to be Answered. What is Cloud Computing, and how does it differ from the traditional network environment? What are the risks associated with Cloud Computing for businesses?What are the benefits of Cloud Computing?What are some real world examples of Cloud Computing?Does Cloud Comp

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Cloud Computing

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    1. By James Skuros Cloud Computing

    2. Questions to be Answered… What is Cloud Computing, and how does it differ from the traditional network environment? What are the risks associated with Cloud Computing for businesses? What are the benefits of Cloud Computing? What are some real world examples of Cloud Computing? Does Cloud Computing have a future in the business environment?

    3. Traditional Network Scalability Software and data installed both on the client and server “Thick Clients” Each additional employee would require software to be installed and customized on PC Software licenses needed per user, per piece of software Very costly Very timely delays if employee needed new PC configured to their specs Cloud computing is the future!

    4. What is Cloud Computing? Significant workload shift Servers and remote computers do most of the work and store the data “Thick Clients” to “Thin Clients” Hardware and software demands on the user's side decrease Client only needs interface software Can be a web browser More initial set up on the back end Easier scalability Allows for easier mobility

    5. Types of Cloud Computing Software as a service In-house or 3rd party vendor offers Online Email, Photo Editor, Online Office Applications Online storage In-house or 3rd party vendor stores data in a centralized location Virtual Utility Computing packaging of computing resources, such as computation and storage, as a metered service

    6. Risks Associated with Cloud Computing Regulatory Compliance When outsourcing to a provider, customers are responsible for the security and integrity of their own data, even when it is held by a third party provider Data Location & Privacy Restrictions US & EU have far different privacy standards, client information subject to differing laws Data Segmentation / User Access Finding ways to make sure employees receive adequate access Recovery Data segmentation makes back-ups more difficult Logging & Investigative Support Harder to know who altered the data and where they came from

    7. Rewards of Cloud Computing Identity and Access Management Users can access the entire system so long as they have rights Ease of Backup When compared to backing up all “Thick Client” PCs Disaster Recovery Scattering of backend hardware mitigates risk of total data loss in event of disaster Scalability Little software or hardware customization needed on the client end Mobility of Information Easily used globally Version Control / Collaboration Employees can work on same data concurrently Low Initial Cost Pertains to Utility Computing

    8. Cloud Computing in Production Email Services Gmail Yahoo Software as a service Google Apps (spreadsheet, word processor, etc.) Picnik.com Online photo editor Online storage Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) DropSend (Online File Transfers) Virtual Utility Computing Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Rackspace - Mosso

    9. My Experience with Cloud Computing Dropbox GetDropbox.com Simple way to store and sync files between computers Synchronization uses SSL transfers with AES-256 encryption Requires desktop application

    10. Dropbox Features: Works like any other folder on your computer Web GUI Access from anywhere ? Cross Platform ?

    11. Dropbox Features: Supports Revision History No limit to file size Uses Amazon's S3 storage system to store the files Files able to be shared and collaborated Galleries in your Photos folder also have a unique web address that you can share with others (non-Dropbox users too!) through e-mail, instant messaging, or blogs

    12. Questions? The End

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