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HI6008 - Cloud computing in Business Research - Report

   

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Running head: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING FORBUSINESSES1Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud computing for businessesNameInstitutionProfessorCourseDate

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESSES2IntroductionGlobally, business have incorporated Technology in their business operations with aim ofmaking service delivery more dynamic (Truong 2010, p. 5). To organizations which have alreadyadopted Technology, they have gained competitive advantages compared to their competitors. Incurrent business world, many of the advanced organizations have changed their scale onTechnology. They have gone a step ahead to adopt a more dynamic technology such as cloudcomputing technology which facilitates storage of data in the space. Similarly, other servicessuch as application can be offered from the space without necessarily installing them on theclient machine or a workstation. In view of the services offered online by some companies, cloudcomputing has become so reliable by many of the organizations which feel storing data on theirown is quite delicate and expensive (Krutz & Vines 2010, p. 20). Despite many advantages fromadoption of cloud computing, there are still some drawbacks which organizations findchallenging when planning to invest in cloud computing. It would be quite important fororganizations to research and evaluate on type of business services which would be offered fromcloud before opting for the service. Project ObjectiveThe main goal is to determine if organizations benefit from cloud computing investment.It has to focus on evaluating whether cloud computing offers benefits to all business irrespectiveof their size and determine if there is a major beneficiary in cloud computing between customersand service providers.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESSES3Project scopeThis project involves evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computingto businesses. It covers advantages that various businesses have realized by adopting cloudcomputing in their daily operations. Google Inc, Zappos and IBM are some of organizations thatwould be used to evaluate the context of the project. It has to evaluate benefits and disadvantagesas they are realized by both customers and service providers. Literature ReviewBusinesses that have adopted cloud computing services in their operation has followingbenefits; IBM has realized substantial benefits because its customers are able to deliver qualityIT services. According to Marston et al (2011, p. 78), through cloud computing, Technologicalservices are delivered smoothly to various customers efficiently and from the globe. In addition,IBM realized how cloud computing could help in enhancing ways in which it can meetorganizational Technological resource demand. In turn, IBM has gone an extra mile inimplementing successful cloud computing in its business operations. It is quite interesting tohave IBM praising how cloud computing has helped it to respond effectively to its organizationalcustomer needs. In one of the interesting scenarios, through cloud computing, IBM has been ableto offers to its esteemed customers flexible and very scalable solutions when demands of serviceshas been high such that, organizational IT staff cannot meet customer need due to high demandof the a given product (Armbrust et al 2010, p. 45). Through implementation of cloudcomputing, IB has been able to offer servers with high storage and networking capability with ashort period of time compared to previous experience when there was no cloud computingservices.

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