Cloud Computing: Models, Misconceptions and Benefits

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Cloud Computing
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................2
Cloud computing........................................................................................................................2
Difference among cloud computing and traditional IT servicing..............................................3
Description of report structure...............................................................................................4
Part 2: Cloud computing model.................................................................................................4
Infrastructure as a Service......................................................................................................4
Platform as a Service..............................................................................................................5
Software as a Service.............................................................................................................6
Oracle cloud services.............................................................................................................6
Nectar cloud services.............................................................................................................7
Part 3: Misconceptions on cloud computing..............................................................................7
Part 4: Conclusion....................................................................................................................10
Benefits of cloud computing................................................................................................10
Challenges facing cloud computing.....................................................................................10
Reference..................................................................................................................................11

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Part 1: Introduction
Cloud computing
The deployment of various categories of services in terms of software development
platforms, storing and managing the cloud services can be termed as cloud computing.
Diverse categories of characteristics which are followed by most of the cloud computing
facilities. The most significant characteristic feature of the cloud computing facilities are its
back end applications which are generally administered by the cloud vendor. Processing time
and bandwidth are the other essential criteria of the diverse categories of cloud computing
services which are deployed in our society as well as by most of the commercial
establishments all around the world (Ferreira and Moreira 2015). The diverse categories of
cloud computing services which are increasingly deployed across various projects are SaaS,
IaaS and PaaS. Processing and the crunching of the data can be deployed in an organized
manner using these models of cloud computing. Both public & private sector establishments
uses the cloud computing models. The networking activities of the software can be
administered using the specifications provided by the cloud computing facilities.
The servers and data storage facility provided from cloud computing services can be
very much beneficial to store, edit and manage the essential business documents and the
financial statements which are needed to be maintained safely in order to maintain the
profitability of the business (Hayley 2017). There are diverse categories of services which
can be useful for the major commercial establishments like analysis of data, streaming of
diverse categories of audios and videos, testing and creation of diverse categories of software
and applications, storing, backup and retrieval of data and delivery of the on demand
software. There are diverse categories of deployment models which are associated with this
deployment of cloud computing models. Getting the access to files on multiples devices is

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possible using the specifications provided by cloud computing facilities (Lim, Grönlund and
Andersson 2015). The widespread growth in IT has led to the growth of new technologies
like drop box and Google drive which are directly related with the cloud computing facilities.
However, there are diverse categories of risks related with the deployment of cloud
computing facilities also in terms of the diverse categories of social engineering threats which
are getting increased in our society inspite of all the internet protocols which are maintained
worldwide.
Difference among cloud computing and traditional IT servicing
Diverse differences among cloud computing and IT servicing which will be discussed
in this section of this technical report. Mode of delivery in both the cloud computing &
traditional IT servicing are the prime differences in each of them. Resilience and elasticity are
the other major difference among cloud computing models and traditional IT servicing. It can
be said that cloud computing models are very much resilient and whereas the cloud
computing services are very much resilient in nature. The capacity of the traditional IT
servicing facilities is much less than the other cloud computing models which are deployed to
store and manage data (Gangwar, Date and Ramaswamy 2015). Enhanced level of flexibility
is offered by most of the cloud computing facilities where the flexibility of the traditional IT
services is very much restricted in a nature. The level of trafficking in any particular website
can be managed in an organized manner using the cloud computing services. The security
services offered by the cloud computing services are the much better than the traditional IT
services. The safekeeping of the workplaces can be maintained in a better way using the
cloud computing services as there is need of constant human interaction in the traditional IT
services (Singh and Chana 2016). It can be said that significant amount of money and time