Advantages of Cloud Computing Doc

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Cloud Computing.............................................................................................................................2
Advantages of Cloud Computing....................................................................................................3
Risks of Cloud Computing..............................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Cloud computing is an IT concept that permits users to share resources over the Internet.
This report gives a clear overview about cloud computing. It describes the service and
deployment models. This report also talks about the benefits as well as limitations of adopting
cloud based IT solutions by medium or small sized organizations and businesses.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing can be considered to be a method or technique that can be used for the
purpose of delivering IT services. The users are able to share resources and retrieve resources
from Internet by using web-based tools as well as applications. The term “cloud” means that the
resources are available in the cyber space (Jadeja and Modi 2012). These resources are used by
the users on demand. The organizations can store their sensitive information and documents in
the cloud. Employees get the facility to work remotely.
The providers of cloud computing offer the cloud services by using the cloud service
models. There are three significant cloud service models called SaaS, IaaS and PaaS.
Infrastructure as a Service allows the users to access virtual machines, load balancers
and storage facilities over the Internet.
Platform as a Service allows the users to access online database, execution runtime and
web server.