Impacts Of Cloud Computing To Businesses

Running head: IMPACTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING TO BUSINESSES
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IMPACTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING TO BUSINESSES
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Impacts of cloud computing to businesses
Hardware, services, and resources location with the advanced computing technologies
available today are of less concern to a computer user. This technology of virtual resource
storage is well known as cloud computing. This technology has been used in many businesses
since its invention in the 2000s, and the impact in the general economy is fairly good hence
gearing its further adoption in businesses.
Cloud computing has contributed to the flexibility of computing in businesses with a
great margin. A computer user entitled to data processing in the organization can access the data
from the cloud, whether from home or while on a business trip through the internet (Xue, & Xin,
2016). The employees, therefore, don’t need to be in a central location to deliver services.
The cost of cloud computing in businesses is also fairly low in comparison to traditional
computing technologies. The cost of computation in cloud computing is believed to be 45% less
than the traditional methods. According to Jasma (2013), the cost of storage in physical disks is
high, owing to the cost of storage devices. Interestingly, the software and hardware pieces update
automatically hence further reducing the cost of computation in the businesses by saving expert
time. The reduced cost of computation in businesses consequently improves the general
economy status.
With the solid availability of the internet, cloud computing facilitates timely response to
the customers hence agility. Cloud computing is facilitating high scalability and reduces on table
computing devices in the office (Tarawneh, & Abdulrahman, 2019). Unlike traditional
computing technologies that inconvenience scalability, cloud computing facilitates the expansion
of the resources. Central resource location in traditional computing subject businesses to data
security threats even with a single attack. Cloud computing increases the security of the